Friday, January 17, 2020

UNTITLED - 2006

I thought it was the earth
but lo
it was my heart quaking

words race past my tongue
like a wind whipped leaf
am I embracing 
or forsaking

only time
time 
time
will tell
if this little dirt perch will hold true

like a bluebird's song
carried through time
I want only to hold onto you

I hear the whispers 
that seep into my thoughts
I know the tune
I sing is by you

I feel you bend
the air to my ear
I've seen glimpses of what is true

you speak to me of camphor bells and neon sea shells
laced by the ribs of unseen truth

swayed arcs lit by candle's glow
and "amber waves of grain"
yours is the voice
that feels no pain

steered through the tarred night
in your low slung cocktail dress
sifting through my brains
shoveling out the mess

rapid pens
they pour the truth
of cancer in thine heart
of stained and maimed and
battered souls
which have been ripped apart

I AM WINGED CREATURE
soft to the touch of your hand
your are but a gentle thought
in the depths of this cankered land

an ashen stare can pierce a glare
with candied ginger root
with honied clams
and boiled yams
and braids of twisted jute

flutter by
ye lofty stars
shine upon thy simple mast
sailing on through foretold storms
already in the past

sanity and vanity
twin pebbles on a shore
by moon again
consumed by tear
once more an open sore

cannot light a path unseen
without the fat of whale
STAR SHAPED SOUL
a buttered roll
heart sent through the mail

a HOST of thoughts
like balloon animals bending
changes of the heart
are never ending

seeded by rough patches of Columbine
twisted and choked 
by the glory 
of mourning
walking in a waking dream.....I HAVE RIPPED THE SEAM

reality banks on 
sightless men
to wander 
in a blind-fold dream
of sugar snacks and
popcorn love
one eye out for the peaceful dove

TRAMPLING GREEN MOTHER
UNDER FOOT
PAINTING EYES WITH BLACKENED SOOT
close them....shut them.....tight...tight....tight
YOU PULL ME DOWN WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT

I'M RISING FLAME
LIKE PHEONIX SUN
glinting
flinting
swirling SPARKS

I'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN


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