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Somewhere your child

Is enthralling the day,Tasting the breeze,Seeing their way,Honoring friendsLike it’s child’s play,Giving all just as you would. Sitting at homeYou cannot knowWhat you would doAs opportunities growAnd you had the breathTo not take it slowAnd could break from a world of should. But just check your heartRemember the daysWhen so many optionsTravelled your wayAnd youContinue reading “Somewhere your child”

Travel

TravelIs reality’s second cousin.You’re not sureHow you’re relatedBut you cherish The connection. These people sitAt cafes don’t they,Facing what They faceWith their thimblefulOf history? And yetThey walk,Smile,Need,Rush to watchThe dancers, clowns and spirit animals;The crowds convulse and change. Alone you guessThat people can be wondrousClose your eyes andTouch your face.Moi aussi.A prayer Escapes your lips.

Leftovers

LeftoversFrom the last mealYou made meKept me companyWhen you couldn’t. They tasted likeMist after a driving rainThat presses itselfThrough thin clothingAnd leaves youShivering.

Blinds

Does no one see the clouds roll by?Just took a snapshot on the fly,Trusting fixed positions lieWhen everything is moving. You depend on what you need,Feel naked when you lose your speed,Bless the chains but dream to be freed,Humans are improving.

Waking

Woke up halfway thru a poem,And nothing was rhyming.Are you afraid of dying, the boy asked,No, I’ll go on a little while. Walked to Kansas and backFrom my bedroom,Glinting light bouncing off the walls,Excavating dreams that made meMore than I’d been before,Wondering just how large the ego getsBefore it disappears. The boy sat still.Don’t expectContinue reading “Waking”

Earth Prayer

Illustration by Khorshed Dubash Let me sit where the Earth will hearThough I don’t know what I’ll say,Where river breezes banish fear,I’ll sit me down to pray. Apologies unnecessary,Yet the wounds I’ve made are deep,What could I do to make it upBefore She puts me back to sleep? Honor Her from this day forth?That couldContinue reading “Earth Prayer”

Gallop

And the day will comeAnd then will be goneAnd you did what you waited to doAnd moved on, And the reckoning cameAnd went just as fastBecause nothing no nothingIn this little world lasts, And you faced the demonThe moment of truth,But you kept on runningChasing your youth, And looking for somethingBeyond your noseThe shape ofContinue reading “Gallop”

Debt

Why do you say father And not the soil?Each minute particleTo consciously or unconsciouslySay yes to, but do we? Or do we preen insteadAnd abdicateKnowledge blindly passedTo the other particles So that no one can Distinguish his brotherTo say thank you.

Language Differences

Men report,Women engage,Gossip like velcroHook and assuage.Deepen the dialogue,Finding the matter,Undressing some falsehood,Or harmless natter? Men on the other handMonolog acts,Contract with business talk,Moving the tacks.How many achievementsThose were all mine,How many badges,For how much trying. Women use ground water,And circle their harvests,Men shoot their arrowsAnd only hit targets.

Small Complaint

I have this little ear thing,It makes me kind of deaf.If you would like to reach me,Speak not unto my left. My right-hand side still hears okay,Except upon occasion,When I don’t like the things you sayAnd need a quick evasion. I have this little defectI can’t remember words,Like ‘regiment’ and ‘labrynthe’,My speech is quite absurd.Continue reading “Small Complaint”