New poem: "The Way of the Sly Man"

 

The Way of the Sly Man

 

I had to put my Gurdjieff on last week

when an incident pushed me to the brink;

I did not want to go there, but it was

a vital matter of give and take.

 

Blinded by my habit, I gave of myself

too freely; but I did not see what this did

to me. It ripped a big hole in my energy field,

and I was leaking dangerously.

 

Little wonder I had so little energy to do what

I most love—to write; but when it happened

before my eyes, my “work” self kicked in,

and I had to put my Gurdjieff on.

 

In just two days of “work” on myself, the hole

in my energy field sealed, and my vital life

force stopped leaking; and as much as it pained

me to curtail the flow to those I love, it was

my love to give, and not be taken.

 

Friday, August 4, 2023

Georgian Bay, Ontario