RICHARD DOIRON

 

 

The Journey: Atoms In The Mix

 

The journey's long - more miles as yet to go -,

beyond which point the mysteries that remain

- such challenges we never really know

except to go and seek to ascertain.

Perhaps in truth the journey never ends,

to think in terms of atoms in the mix -

such energies the scientist contends

a force therein that no one contradicts.

The mortal mind may wish it neatly wrapped -

conclusions drawn a settling must be known -,

but set the stage and something may be trapped,

if trapped by seeds that we ourselves have sown.

 

Beware The Cage

 

People who are imprisoned by their thoughts

have a need to imprison others in their actions.

Beware the cage, even with its doors open,

for, what is a cage but an entrapment.

Your freedom is more than flight; it is the sky

itself, as endless as forever.

If you must alight, be it not before the cage,

but atop of it, that the weight of your understanding

may cause it to shatter and to break.

Should you shatter the cage, see to it that its bars

and wires are dismantled, discarded, nevermore to hinder.

People who are imprisoned by their thoughts have a need

to imprison others in their actions.

Avoid these, that you may avoid imprisonment,

yes, even the prospect of imprisonment.

Meanwhile, in your freedom, strive to set others free, that they

may fly as the birds fly and sing as the angels sing.

Remember: heaven is upon this Earth, but that we’d

have forgotten how to fly.

Fly, then. Fly. And sing, too, sing to the top of your lungs.

Be even as the birds and the angels are. It is yours to do so.

So it must be, for so it is written; so, it is written

in the fullness of the sky.

 

 

RICHARD DOIRON

 

RICHARD DOIRON, dubbed Canada's peace poet: work in print 62 years; published in 200 paper books and hundreds of online publications. Graduate in journalism and Certified Lifeskills Coach.  2012 Lifetime Achievement Award winner World Poetry. 2019 Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Latest book: "My Mind Could Be A Garden," WE Literary Community, India, January 2025.  One hour interview, World Poetry Cafe radio, heard live in 189 countries. Feb. 2026.