Saturday, September 22, 2018

Weight of the world

The mind is an illusion.
The finger has a touch
which penetrates centuries,
for longing days
and the want of adventure in the hand.
Our lost steps have divided
the will and the ongoing distance.
Flowers on the wall,
fingerprints in dreams,
washed out memories,
gently lie.
As above so below.
The scatterings of our ashes blow.
Sorcerers and shadows
tame the unknown.
The table asks why.
The chair asks how.
Magnetic resonance imagery
displays the proper aristocracy
through which the poor attempt to rise.
The better half of man is just.
Wisdom comes by way of orchestrated doubt.
We must reaffirm the gallant singers.
Let our souls depart on stolen ships
and let our feet set upon new land.
The hand that is open is that which calms.
Africa sleeps under the pale moon.

Thursday, March 22, 2018

What Holds Us Together

What holds us together
is the fine line between dark and light
The dream yarn that begins yesterday
and follows through tomorrow
on the other side
where the window is blue
where our other selves are swimming
and the earth is but a urn
the great fire beyond
attacks us with lightning
we are the pigeons on the ledge
above every avenue
street lights running into dawn
the air on our breath is sacred
passing between each of our lips
we are the slinging of arrows
caught in the wind
and heaped into the fire
for the passion and the glory
for the dream of love

Love's Violin

Love's Violin
A bird in the rain