then winds die down

the crickets take their cue from the twilight,
scratching their sides in excited chatter,
they welcome the night with songs they exude
not from their throats,
but close to their invertebrate hearts,
and they shatter the stillness
of the blanket that swallows the world
when the winds die down.
the stars take their cue from the evening,
blinking their gazelessness at the sight,
they bathe [...]

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upheavals

once upon a time,
the atog lived,
feeding on thoughts,
feasting on memories.
he was the wizard’s pet,
the sorcerer’s sagacity;
they took care of him,
and the atog was not choosy:
facts, or fiction,
it was the same to him,
patient he was,
standing still, waiting
in deep analysis,
in concentration,
for his time to pounce.
one stroke only,
a single upheaval
to cleanse the clutter,
was what it needed…
to shoot the [...]

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should

there is your smile,
plastered like a stain
upon the sky.
to see it,
all i need do
is just look up.
but looking up
hurts more than many wounds.
and so by choice,
i go about each day
looking at pavements,
avoiding puddles,
bearing this unbearable…
because you are now happy,
and i should be
letting you go.

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miracles

miracles still happen, and they continue:
indigo tears still flow from scarlet eyes,
coursing down aquamarine cheeks,
heaven’s halcyon hello in staccato sighs,
endless in their empirical beauty,
lingering long in the laughters of leaves,
lighting the world, weaving its wonders,
etched in the timelessness of transience.
transcendence is the how of miracles,
umbilical strings matching mountains with mustard seeds,
mists of maybe melting [...]

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eight hours, and five seconds

i only wanted
to pay obeisance to a life
well-lived,
well-fought,
and well-loved.
the afternoon sun beckoned,
and time was no regard for me.
and so i went…
the ancient fortress welcomed me,
and the quiet roads winded along,
inevitably bringing me
to the heart of the fortress,
this cathedral of renown,
where the heroine rested,
waiting for the countless gratitude
of the people she served.
i joined the winding queue,
curiously [...]

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Golgotha

the place
they call the skull
resound
with haunting ghosts
that scream
the pain of years…
the rhythm
that has been bane
of the courage
of hardened men,
one final time again
pounds the universal
sacrifice,
pins the hands
than healed,
to that wooden embrace,
consummating
the mortal mission
of the Son of Man….

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the stone

condemn the one that i adore?
ah, no!
she has life yet!
she can yet shine,
and can arise
from the dust she kneels upon!
why should i choose
to rid my life of her?
let him who has no sin
cast first.
to her,
i echo back the voice
of the rejoicing father
welcoming the prodigal,
and that gentle admonition,
“go, and sin no more.”
—-
written 2001, while serving as [...]

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reason

there is a reason under heaven
why planets must collide,
for thus colliding, they produce
the meteors of the sky;
these meteors, they collide some more,
and learn trajectory,
and plummet down into the earth,
a fiery show to be;
they dive, and give themselves to flames,
burnt offerings of space,
and man beholds their lifestreak fade,
and wishes, hopes, and prays.

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faith

i have not seen,
but ah,
what need have i?
this planted seed
is strong enough to grow,
changing my rocky soil
of soul,
into this fruitful loam…
and, changed,
i ripple my belief…
changing the world!

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if i run out

if i run out of words
i shall not run out of love,
nor the wherewithal
to express it.
but i shall run out
of life
ere i run out of words,
and besides,
even in the silence
of stares and smiles,
and singular touches of fire,
there lie the universe
of words unvoiced,
deeper in color,
richer in texture,
purer than adam’s tongue.
and so,
i shall run out my life,
from [...]

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