wind

wind. when you
remember your
self, active
in trees. soft
whispered, or
fervent. restless.
you sigh. i
am in you.
breathed.

wind. when you
express your
self, pressed
into wordless
voice. a feeling
afloat, or
tumbling. frantic.
you hush. i
am silently with
in you. your
voice.

life science

life, friction - less fiction narrative diction pertaining to directions in relation to ships sailing under seasides skied by mountained trees freed by birds called to the wild side of seeds sown by blown winds blind to our naked eyes bent by bough branches bowing to these breezes which pleases as it does reasons to season this spiced life frictionless like the first breath bereft of belief systems that stem tides of third eyes aligned to inner truth and its pudding proof. i sooth and see the truth of me reflected, inflections of speech fictionless teach a direction less inclined to impeach the mind but reach up to climb a vine toward lips taking furtive sips of time spans of rivers running serpentine courses of course snaking the sea to shining sights seen under suns set against her-eyes-on the prized apples of eden feeding life’s given blood flooding our veins in ancestral DNA that play their part in beating hearts charting a course upon expanding seas while i’m standing between these stars far apart but part of these galaxies within me which begin and end in me: the science of mind is this seat of my soul, the whole equation sums up the parts of particles accelerated into this accreted matter but minds over grown with religions, superstitions and other fictions contrary to thinking are critically sinking this ship wrecked on the shores of respect for terra forma numero tres suspended in space in a place we call this Milky Way and the way we respond with ability is our responsibility to circumvent this circumspect circumstance that perchance will enhance our understanding of ourselves within this cosmic happenstance.

window shopping

in the window, shopping
for sensation, explanations
of expectations to acceptance.
excepted excerpts of incidents
coincide with perceptions
of perspectives pertaining to
stray thoughts entertaining
fictions, fantasy and fantastic
magnanimity in prismatic
realities pragmatically related
to this understated poetry.

there is more to me as there is
less for me to see in order to be
free of fetters. freedom from
need feeds sunlit seeds sown
in fields grown green via my
unseen pen inventing rhyme
schemes that seem premature
yet for sure i answer the call
when drums need dancers.

and i swear this sun
is one way i ascend while i bend
my back and thank my lucky star
that shines all day in this way i
relate to divinity when infinity
is wrapped up like prayers in this
present gift-wrapped like a wild
christmas tree free from need.

impasse

impasse:
i’m past the present
in passive retreat
to times passed
through the hourglass.
hour by hour
this heart lays
passe, fasting
from feeling.

impasse:
i’m passe
about possible
realities in passing
through this
dark passage.
pressed against
the passenger
window, my passive
eyes perceive
green pastures
laying fallow.

impasse:
this impassible
pass, impossible
to press on,
improbable to trod
beyond. so
i am imparted
with this passion
for impersonating
the sea’s impression
upon a pallid-faced
moonscape. i
escape into this
narrow passage,
passing my self
and its passive
participation in
the persistence
of time, passing.

what music does

As now, when
it's Mingus among
us, or a funky Monk,
mellow Miles,
or even a Trane
full steam ahead,
I am out
there, with a
Bird, and I wander,
lingering longer:
lost in Dizzy thoughts,
out on prolonged
Holiday, losing
parts of my
self, returning to
myself, lighter.
Isn't that what
music does?

baile de serpiente

el paisaje, nuestra
tierra, baile de serpiente,
llora lagrimas transitorias.
la verdad de su destino verde,
llueve este mar ritmica.
si.
con sabor.

Trayvon

America, standing her ground,
blindly tripping over her feet.
Slapstick Lady Justice impales herself
on that double-edged sword: word has it
there are loopholes in everything,
and what is law ain't necessarily so
just cuz it's written. Ask any Indian.
Or slave descendent.
If you think we've come a long way,
we've got even further to go.
America's forked tongue speech:
fastened to the barrel of a gun, enforced
by the hammer of justice smashing
truth at the pull of a trigger. We got laws,
oh Lawd, to deal with niggers. Down
in Floriduh, in Amerikkka, in a world
diverse like a pack of Skittles, another
name is added to a lengthy list of wishes
washed out. Whitewashed. Lily, like
lies. And to think, Martin had a dream.
So did Trayvon.

sorrow's cavernous joy

caverns of sorrow
streaked. tear streamed
cheeks flow
down sedimented
streams. seas
swallow dreams,
spat back as strewn
seaweed. heaped
and confused, fused
to shifty sand.
salted, these
wounds in sorrowed
canyons born.

rise now, tears
that fell like rain.
rivulets drip rivers,
driven by heart beaten
blood drops. surging.
pulsing. purging.
the weeping proceeds
where tears precede. then
recede, finding joy, fishing
in the sea
of forgotten dreams.
where all streams
>joyful | sad<
finish journeys.

memories.
where shadows
carve out the light.
when sadness takes
time, making
space for joy
to flow in
too.

futile light, or (futilight)

what mysteries this
light may bring, dawn
breaking down
the sky. night was
a womb of lingering
memory. long. the
darkness stripped down
to day. today.
another lamp lit.

where does it go, this
light that flies, then
fills, invades
the very dark
i cling to? bands
abandoned, spent,
rent from rays displayed,
portrayed as seeds of
hope. where weeds
grow in heaps. tilling
the night. shades
of shadow.

how wasteful the light
scatters its rays. wasted
on gray shores before
this gray sea. now
drops of moonlight, adrift
at sea. cut
loose from memory.

i navigate this sentience,
solitary confinement
shackled with silence. this
penitentiary darkness.
penitent before altars
shattered of innocence. this
sea. dark with mystery.

algorhithm of agonies

one two many.
won too many
hearts for two
hands, four times
two many lost
adds up and
the hour is
L8.

once, i
found. one
butterfly
with tu
lips. mine,
trembled.
where do they
go, with
two feather
less wings?
to yester
days?

a deer. head
lights
the way. 4 ward
in time...one
plus one. summed
up. equals. us
too. 2 of these
hearts. plus their
beats.

dragons breathe.
fire, blood.
moons that dance.
us. conflagrate
in two. tear
drops too.

this sea. find
me by her.
divided
by tears of
laughter. her
tides. salt
ridden by
rhythms. hymns
and weathered
whims of fancy. dance
we, four
played years.

winter is.
summer was.
one, with ice, those
skies. blue dream.
twice streaked
eyes. rains
clouded in
shrouded non
action. subtraction.
difference other than
intention.

one, two, many.
one, two four gotten
promises for nothing
remaindered.
two, four, 8n't
life. a bitch?
zero.
as in never.

summed up. of these
parts: total area,
circumference
this science.
put to test.
as evidenced:
this mathematics.
unproven theorem.

grave thorns

there is love
      ?
is there love
      ?
love is there
    where
upon i find
  this
trail of blood.
  hounds
seeking bleeding
   hearts.

bushes, full. of
    roses
with uncounted
  thorns.
nothing comes.
  without
a price.
    still
we pay.

my grave, my
   burial
           ground.
there, in the
                      future
near.               or far.
   still.
plant for me a rose
        bush.
my tombstone.
       inscribe
my tears trailed,
     that
perfumed triumph!