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DARREN L. SLIDER (B. 1967)

Transfiguration

© 1985



Yearning
a deep, intense yearning
born of a blessed hope
that purifies
by virtue of its purity

Peace
a peace that passes understanding
and the inexorable
innate joy
that accompanies it
in expansive
calmly flowing motion

Quiet
an incredibly profound
almost tangible quiet
that perfuses the air
with its aura
a catharsis
an abstruse meditation
on past experience
present disposition
and future hope
as time lies suspended
in utter stasis

A vision
a lofty, awe-inspiring vision
of the future world
in all its exalted grandeur
the longing returns
in full force
the entire being cries out
its every capacity
stretched to the limit

Resolution
not a resolution of fulfillment
but of sustenance
a sustenance which empowers
to walk by faith
rather than sight

Weariness
a weariness of heart
seeking consolation
in undisquieted rest

Evaporation
the world undergoes evaporation
in an incredibly profound quiet
as an aura
of transfigured acceptance
perfuses the air
a wisp of vision
on yonder heights
in the sunshine
the day is beautiful . . .
dying away . . .
dissolving . . .
evaporating . . . .



Author’s Note: This poem, written on April 19, 1985, is an associative explication of the fourth movement (Adagio) of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.