The Soldier's Death

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In his ears did the winds whisper,

A forlorn prayer of ashen temper.

Salty burns of teary streaks then,

In gentle caress paint them waxen.

What deathless glory sought by him,

Will mend his crippled soul now grim.

Alas! They were but a fool's dreams,

To sail victorious in a sea of screams.

Red caked armor and battered shield,

Sworn by fealty, forever his to wield.

But the glistening bronze crown,

And cruel steel, remain behind thrown,

So he would no longer, in agony, drown.

Just Because..

With what crimson shades of harrowing ache,

Thou painteth my withered soul? 'Tis all I can take.

No longer shall mine shattered heart sing,

For thy wretched tongue did wantonly sting.

Thy heavenly sight, once I prayed for in earnest,

Now it doth naught but blind these eyes in jest.

O' temptress unjust, why dost thou prey on me so,

When in truths unsaid, 'tis I alone who ne'er let thee go.

The Blind Man and The Truth

The Truth or simply 'truth' without the clumsy addition of any embellishments, can be defined in essence as just 'what is.' It is the state of things as they are without any qualifications attached to it. 

It is the 'perception' and/or observation of truth that inevitably adds qualities to it, for without the perceiver, things have no qualities by themselves. 

Qualities are a product of the binary thinking process. It also subscribes to cataloging what is perceived in to various sections of known, unknown and other sub categories, and storing them as damaged, corrupt versions for easy retrieval to facilitate incompetent further studies and 'use'. 

What is the truth? Its nature?

It just.. 'is'. That is the most elementary and accurate description of truth. The truth is what is.

I believe it takes genuine detachment from the perceived, for the perceiver to see it clearly and by definition see it in its quality less, 'real' form... at least to the extent that is possible within the limitations of the human mind.

That is, we are incapable of actually perceiving anything for what it is completely. To be further specific, the process of perception by itself negates the possibility of seeing the truth in anything. We can merely see what we 'can' see or what we 'want' to see or what is permitted by some combination of the two limitations.

However, the shedding of unnecessary qualifications produced by thought, is one way can strive to reach nearer to the truth.

Such a detached perception of things also brings with it a state of supreme calm, because you are 'seeing' without thinking. The faculties of the mind that deal with quantifying and 'classifying by comparison' are put in a state of dormancy, while those which simply absorb knowledge are put in to the active state. Make no mistake though, this is the only real knowledge. The rest is nothing but false reproductions churned out by the mind to manifest and sustain the illusion of reality.

In this scenario of perception without observation, 'seeing is learning' without the intermediary, often inaccurate and flawed process of understanding by analyzing. You are bypassing the limited logic machine and utilizing the mind at its optimal capacity.

Therefore, I like those moments of clarity when I simply 'see' things but alas, almost immediately they are succeeded by moments of analysis which masquerade as the real moments of learning and in its self deluding methods, lead me astray from what simply 'is'.