Stardust
The memory of long ago When we were brightly shining stars Reminds of our present bodies Of stardust remnants and of time.
In our crazy little corner Of universe that has no sway We are like specs with no return And hope is our milky way
In the unyielding, rigid lines Of our fate with no ends We seek the sparkling charm of pollen Made by a myriad of plants.
Sometimes we think, we hear music The songs of stars so far away Where everything is so simple And there is no night or day
We have already been forgiven For winters, summers, springs and falls We are all made of stardust remnants And of forgiveness for us all. May 19, 2002
Goodness
Between heaven and sin The line is thin Tears falling in torrents On our earthly whims
Evil tries to look pretty Mimicking beauty While real beauty lies In goodness alone
It is not so simple To behold this thought It is hidden by misty, Narrow, slippery slope
Sweet it is to be treading In the dimness of lust To forget for a moment To be lost for all times
To commit such a misdeed Not to triumph or win Between heaven and sin The line is thin May 19, 2002
Assemblage Point
The movement of the point of assemblage Is not a light or laughing matter I open up the shutters of perception And leave behind my earthly abode
And instantly become a warrior Defender of the cosmos Impeccable immortal With stardust in my eyes
My weapons for this mission Are just a couple lines With more acute precision Than firearms or armies
They are my true defenders And I, by them protected Can havoc reap on Meaning, and theme, and plot and all
Defend against the evil That wants to steal goodness And love and trust and beauty And wants to ruin us
So when I move that point The point of assemblage It is no joking matter For I descend so bravely Right to my own soul And that is no farce May 19, 2002 Autumn
I asked autumn for forgiveness with all my heart On a drizzly-grayish morning of amber light In the cold bareness of her months I would bare my soul to her charms.
Please forgive me my enchantress, for I’m a fool I’m in love with your trees and your afternoons You are veiled in a fairy tale life it seems I can never be your equal not in my dreams
She appeared at my door without a care I was answered by the rustling of branches bare How I wanted to be near such a tender sight To fall down and kiss her grasses’ might
Then without a warning, with smile bright She sent showers of foliage miles wide Colored half a world brightly, for me, it seems There is nothing in the world as great as this
Inadvertently I glanced into her eyes Where I saw pools of tears as blue as skies At that moment I was able to see the light That I am her only servant and her knight
I asked autumn for forgiveness with all my heart But I couldn’t up and leave her with all my might I was hugged so tenderly by her hand We shall stay together a while yet
May 23, 2002
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