Monday 1 April 2013

arrive anew


arrive anew at the foot of your lovers throne, arrive anew a thousand-fold.  arrive again a thousand times more!

It flows through you infinitely

she spurns and scorns you, acknowledges you not,
or flings at you, her self in reverence sought

It belongs not to you

shatter yesterday, destroy the walls around your heart,
throw experience to the wind                                     <disintegrate>

that which flows into Its path is annihilated, absorbed

face her raw, face her now,
face her here, face her fresh,
face her not yesterday, nor face her at the ‘morrow

clearly hear and listen
to each intent, each breathe,
… each space betwixt…
remain fixed, dance with each sound,
each letter, each syllable, each word resound,
each emotion, each thought, each silence,
each rage, each fear, each doubt,
each inflection, each silence, each whisper…

listen anew, discard residual remnants of reason, ego, pride

she isn’t yours to go home to,
she isn’t yours to go home with,
she isn’t here to be rescued,
she isn’t here to pick your pieces up off the floor.
she.
isn’t.
here.

neither are you

Monday 21 February 2011

(white) flower


a (white) flower 
folds
into itself
transforms
into sweet blackasnight jetblackjaguar blackberry
striding stealthily
into black night’s blackessence
with barely visible blackasbean blackeyes
sliding smoothly
into black kidney’s blackessence

gracefulvisionary blackwinged watcherfriend
watches carefully
over our world’s wounded,
innocent,
vulnerableandviolated,
pained,
stained,
marked
with darkblot heart spots
removable only by heartfelt utterances of remembrance
removable only by heartfelt utterances of remembrance 
removable only by heartbound alchemical fire
purging,
purifying,
raising immediately
a filthy, choking, grey smoke!
a cleansing fire,
not meant to kill,
simply remove
longheld-longcollected-longaccumulated-stale-banknote-yellowed stains
of pains
inflicted heartlessly
by a – heartless bastid – ‘nother
a – heartless bastid – ‘nother
a heartless bastid!!

© May 2009, Feb 2011

happiness sits at my doorstep


happiness sits at my doorstep,
summons,
yet I remain housebound
stayin’ in for a while longer
until I feel stronger

I realize she, at my doorstep, is elusive
fleeting
she is not mine to possess,
tempted as I am to possess her

[the one I seek, seeks me
she will flow through me
course 
through my veins
intimately
embrace my pains]

my neighbour’s name leaves her lips
frequently;
she calls me too
but not with words
we only exchange pleasantries through my window

suddenly she found the spare key and made her way in!
with wonder and awe,
respect, admiration,
not once mentioning cracks on my walls,
torn carpets and all!

happiness sits at my bedside,
summons,
my heart watches wearily, 
warily,
painfully,
unable
to
reach
out
to
her…

© June 2009, Feb 2011

forgive me please


let us stand in this garden
come
avoid eye contact
where the air is thick
with sentiments unspoken,
rife with remnants of an open wound just re-opened,
oozing, seething with pus,
frustration
from what felt like a knife in your back
that left a deep welt
not unlike a belt
lashed
suddenly at your cheek,
or a thoughtless insult
thrown in your face
like some kind of sick stunt!

the big white elephant
is in the room now
that big white elephant
we choose not to see,
yet tread cautiously!
partly out of surprise at how suddenly it got here,
partly out of hesitation to wake it,
lest it lash out and thrash around!
god forbid it make itself known!

let my words burn this page
lest they reach out and scald you!
i’m hangin’ by a thread yet
i seek not to burn you nor burden you
with white elephant sized pain

forgive me
please?
for hurting you
i was hurting too

© Aug 2009 

Saturday 22 January 2011

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