Phosphene Dream for John Patsynski

 Phosphene Dream

For John Patsynski

 

the man who is aroused

by everything in the universe

must inevitably

be regarded as

a deviant

 

                                                            many are baffled

                                                            and intimidated by

                                                            such limitless love

 

perhaps the knowledge

that he has enough for all

makes them feel less special

 

and doesn’t everyone

want to feel special?

 

 

centuries pass

  ‘tween each breath

      the heart shatters

         every moment

            sending luminous tendrils

 

spiraling outward

 

            “shattering into infinite points”

 

                        each of which carries

                                    the bliss born

 

                                          of boundless possibility

 

always more than enough

 

  for everyone

 

 

Phosphene n. A sensation of light caused by excitation of the retina by mechanical or electrical means rather than by light, as when the eyeballs are pressed through closed lids (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006). Also known as a floater.

Revised October 5, 2013