The Speed Force

I thought of thought, waited and observed
Wisps of emotion speeding by,
Heralding the oncoming of blizzard,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

I smiled, amused, and watched me delve,
Deeper into caverns, uncharted but traversed,
Rushing the onslaught, I saw me revel,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

Under the placid without, lurked unrest,
Seething to release a fury within,
Incited in spite, I saw it burst,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

The mildest flicker on brow undisclosed,
While in raged a turbulence animal,
Clawing at memories layered or disposed,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

The ocean lashed under crepuscular sky,
I patiently watched the light, the laughter dim,
As sorrow flooded, I watched me respite deny,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

As ripped scabs of memory mine own ramparts breached,
I withstood and incited, a commander stoic,
I waged a war, civil, brutal, honor unpreached,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

I saw me suffer, I noticed, I smiled.
Felt pity and pain rankle my being,
As I wrecked myself, my ego defiled,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

I found my dreams broken, my splintered ideal,
As I witnessed the devastation, I lost sense of me,
To test myself, to know what I might reveal,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

I scoffed at myself, as pity did pity create,
Till I saw me smile and noticed myself see me,
To indulge my whim! I did myself berate,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

As I watched me laugh at myself amazed,
My condescending stare to sublime realization grew,
I saw me observe my observation amused,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

Enraged, angered, I thought of thought,
And saw me see wisps of emotion speed by,
Heralding in me an oncoming blizzard,
And then I saw my face flash in the setting sun.

- Thriddas Anorak