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The treasures of Poseidon
The depth of the sea,
The Mother,
The waters
Of birth and death,
Secrets,
Deeper than depth…
Forgotten souls,
Calcified bones,
Fish and corals
Absorbed
In Poseidon’s throat.
Warm and cold currents,
Blood and lymph of the sea,
I surrender to its energy,
Divine mystery…
Forgotten souls,
Calcified bones,
Fish and corals
Absorbed
In Poseidon’s throat.
( 2003)
The sound of my own shell
Someday I would like to be
so old
with lines around my eyes,
so old
that I wouldn’t have to fight anymore.
My eyelids heavy from past sorrow
my lips sealed by the dryness of time.
Someday I would like my hair
long and white,
as thin and brittle as my bones
and the long tune in my brain
humming the rhythm of life.
Someday I would like
to surrender
to the existence of mine,
letting go open arms
reaching for the sunlight
with my dry fingertips.
Someday I would like to be
so old
that I could hear the sound
of my own shell cracking
and let it be so.
29th Aug 2006
Eternal Cycle
From the One I have become many.
From the loving embrace I have manifested.
From the soundless sound we have separated.
From Space we have divided.
From Air I have moved further away from you.
From Fire I have created Passion.
From Water I have manifested sorrow.
From Earth I have remembered your fragrance.
In Earth I have buried my bones.
In Water I have washed away my karmas.
In Fire I have dissolved my ego.
In Air I have experienced freedom.
In Space I have released my soul.
By the soundless sound I was drawn back to you.
From the many I became One with you.
Eternal bliss until we separate again.
2007
From the loving embrace I have manifested.
From the soundless sound we have separated.
From Space we have divided.
From Air I have moved further away from you.
From Fire I have created Passion.
From Water I have manifested sorrow.
From Earth I have remembered your fragrance.
In Earth I have buried my bones.
In Water I have washed away my karmas.
In Fire I have dissolved my ego.
In Air I have experienced freedom.
In Space I have released my soul.
By the soundless sound I was drawn back to you.
From the many I became One with you.
Eternal bliss until we separate again.
2007
Maha Kali
The belated night
that will never come,
night of blood
against the light
of your dress
against the black
of your skin.
The beauty of Kali
revealed to me
in the darkest of the nights,
Her bones beating
on all the drums of life,
How can I see life
if I ignore death?
Kali whispers an immortal breath
through the ears of my skull
and my devotion
is for Thee.
The dance of the flames
engulfs my brain
to a state of void.
I am nothing
but everything of you.
( 2003)
Le cri du papillon
(The scream of the butterfly)
Le depart
Le grand depart,
Libre dans la nuit
Le papillon deploit ses ailes
Pour crier dans les tenebres,
Pour entendre resonner
Les vibrations de son ame,
Mise a nue.
Ne plus jouir de ses peines
Ne plus consoler ses propres sanglots,
Reprendre haleine
Battre ses ailes, encore plus grandes
Vers un soleil levant.
Un cri d’espoir
Tout feu tout flamme
Qui brule les souvenirs
Dechiquetes par le vent.
Une nuit sans lune
Ouverte vers le temps
Un papillon s’envole
Silencieusement.
(27 Octobre 2007)
Le grand depart,
Libre dans la nuit
Le papillon deploit ses ailes
Pour crier dans les tenebres,
Pour entendre resonner
Les vibrations de son ame,
Mise a nue.
Ne plus jouir de ses peines
Ne plus consoler ses propres sanglots,
Reprendre haleine
Battre ses ailes, encore plus grandes
Vers un soleil levant.
Un cri d’espoir
Tout feu tout flamme
Qui brule les souvenirs
Dechiquetes par le vent.
Une nuit sans lune
Ouverte vers le temps
Un papillon s’envole
Silencieusement.
(27 Octobre 2007)
