Poetry 23 lines

The Ritual of the Gaze (A Mirror Poem)

02 November Smoke · 2 of 6

Foreword:(Eyes- transfiguration of the soul, where images aren't only reflected but annotated with emotions, is there anything more sacred than sight?)
Script: 
I look at an idol in the incense haze-
Eyes anchor weight,                 and gazes liberate                     copper plates stained                 by holy visions/ voluntary delusions                                 with sandalwood paste                 libating prophecies of peace.
Clairvoyance, Oracles and Dreams- the theology of sight-
The ontology of seeing,               painted eyes look at you                                   the gentleness of being               the depth of the moment                     known, invisible invocations               fleeting, fragmented, fostering- faith                          relapsing connections                illusory in the smoke                      found in the distance                burned in our gaze.      
The phantasmagoria of perception-
                              the white of the blistered                 jasmines from broken garlands,                                                                        pale halo of the sun                 flickers with my belief-                  clustered in glassy pupils                 waning and waxing like moon                Divinity residing in the                 temporary altars of assurance                 Temple of the eye                 God is sculpted through a gaze.
Postscript:I close my eyes. Yet my vision extends, for what is prayer if not the act of seeking? Enlightenment- when vision is made clear, a sight which stretches beyond.