The Wheel of Life, a poem by Ali Imran

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When the wheel of life stopped

the waters felt 

as if a calling had surged

from Earth’s anguished bosom

to halt the oars

that propel our boats.

But on the far horizon

of blue and white

the trains of clouds floated off

to mark time’s unstoppable flow.

Perhaps time flows at its own pace

in each of the spheres.

We, on the planet, travel

frantically within our self-defined

days and nights

but the space far beyond our telescopes 

seems to have its own leisurely pace.

Between the unknown celestial time

and Earth’s spinning around

pulsates life – stars radiating from black holes,

forming the milky ways

through mystery elements and unnamed rays

stimulating the human heart and soul

to seek out the distant connections

in the endless vastness

with one clear sign

that life, space and time

must continue to flow

round and round

ever and forever.

But what on Earth have we done?

Walls, walls, and walls –

the unnecessary walls 

that gag the flowering

of the human spirit

We’ve consigned ourselves to shadows

where we can’t spark the light

and find love.

We are now hurting

both in the abstract and the matter.

Inside our comfort boundaries

we suffer from stagnation

and the suspension of viruses

in the air

which then end up furtively

down the throat –

vipers in our clay-made frames.

Copyright Ali Imran

Written in July 2020 when the pandemic raged in the pre-vaccine months.  This is an updated version of the poem.
Image: David Salik

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2020Arts & LiteratureCOVID-19OpinionPoetry

Ali Imran is a writer, poet, and former Managing Editor Views and News magazine
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