ARCANE

Some things mundane were arcane
Until we found them

Most mysteries are not hidden
Few secrets remain unspoken
These days nothing is confidential
All is shared, nothing remains special
There's power when some things are closed
Not everything should be exposed
An open book is not necessary
Misread, it could be incendiary
I'll keep safe from you
Troublesome issues

Some things mundane were arcane
Until we caught them

Does art that is more demanding
Provide more value and meaning?
Reward is found in understanding
The process often can be daunting
Some poems I find esoteric
Obtuse and acroamatic
I get more when I can listen
And move towards erudition
I'll keep clandestine
So you can be sanguine

Some things arcane won't be mundane
We'll never learn them

I feel the song Natural Mystic
Bob Marley's words are fatallistic 
The trumpet calls and I can hear
My growing panic and my fear
There's power when some things are closed
Not everything should be exposed
An open book's not necessary
Misread, it could be incendiary
I'll keep safe from you
Troublesome issues

--July 2020, Ash Hall