Saturnine 8-13-16
Saturn, Holy Wanderer
Saturn the stern mother who sets limits
Who says, no more
This you can do but no more.
Face your mortality, your numbered days
And live.
Live within the constraints, the structure of the sonnet,
And in that structure, be free, say what you will.
Give up the impossible.
The mind struggles with unseen obstacles
Before it gives in
Accepting what is.
Time of limitations
The hard lessons
define the edges of the path.
Between young and old, at the midpoint, at the crossroads,
Seeking the treasure, always hidden and yet always present.
Right here, at my feet.
Where else could it be?