Underwater filming

Deep blue underwater filming

the final cut 

the final act

on videotape

I barely hold on, and

break into tears 

it's the

pressure, pain. sand 

on the ocean floor 

that gets me

the shifting 
bodies

editing the final scream

then it cuts to black


you shout pack up

and I wake up

on a different shore.

I saw sparks (1986)

Sparks between you 

and a pretty boy


in the dark

I stepped out and stared

at my feet

in the park

your crush lighting

up the night 

and me lighting up 

like I can’t cope 


with the puppy dog hope 

in your eyes

I fled that cage 

that I was starting to weld for myself.

A taste of morning

Dried on my lips

last nights kiss

on a pillow at rest

tracing

the hollow of his chest

the morning air

now empty of him

but drifting freely

with his scent

the fragrance that showers me

awake

as the day begins.

The Full Moon

The night of parting, now

rests on

your silent lips

the tedious love

we indulged

under a treacherous moon

when a dark and heavy, thunder

scattered brush

on the road.

The days of sleepwalking

In the middle of the night 

I wonder

how you and I met

did we wander, like

sleepwalkers

do you remember 

was it night or day?

we drifted inside 

echoes, and

you emerged again 

inside me

I listened to myself 

as you rose, awake

from a sleep, that

foresaw us.

 

The garden of joy

For centuries you have

searched for love

you are reborn 

to give it 

another life

another name

shining souls

shining bodies

is it in love

you always shine?

we dream and we shout

we sow you like seed

and witness a miracle

as you spring forth like

hope, flower, song

like a garden 

in my veins

Childhood

There was a time

when

I was not even aware

that 

the sun's vanishing

trick

in the evening

is just 

an ordinary thing 

and on a lazy

summer morning

I was woken up 

delighted

by an eagle

drifting in the air.

War for the skies

With everything turn to sky

nothing left of the ground

but a few

blades of grass 

that used to imitate 

the forest 

not even

that garden is left

but in my eyes 

there are only fires

my spirit will be 

the final house, when

smashed into pieces. 

I move with time at the center

All this time 

I'm alive

in different worlds

in different places

outside me

I'm moving in and out

of memory

caught in those lives

I wake up

to embrace 

everyday things

surprised 

and comforted

I'm still here.

Sweetness of days like this

I feel the heat

of this 

blaze of sun

I gather this

day like

fruit that sweetens

Tonight

my joy

will be like a

silent tree

lost in the 

forest.

The Flowers of my Garden

Like this flower 

of spring 

as delicate as it is

as moist as it is

as fragrant as it is 

as joyous as it is

as utterly 

enchanting 

as it  is

Like this flower

is my unseen love

Growing

in the garden

of my life.

The song for lovers

For the lover 

I trust blindly

in your vision

so I can walk lightly 

in step 

with you

for the lover

I trust blindly

in your kindness 

so I can strip naked

of my self 

and without effort

I bare my soul.

Another evening of misty eyes

When this  night

starts for us

will we like any other

be able to look at each other

and go to sleep

will I see you

with eyes half closed

and find us lie down

like this evening 

I have lost the way to sleep

my love

I waver

at the street corner

like a firefly.

A long dream of villages

After a long night of 

mist

one

by one

the stars

appear

I breathe in the warm air

that the 

summer 

of 

your sky

gives me

I am passing through

a village 

of images

caught

in your

eyes

The story of new love

The stars arrive

with the blaze on high

they bring stories

that sway 

and fall with the first wind

but let the next come

sudden from the sky

new lustres will return.

Bending over mornings

Suddenly

high

above the dream

spreads the gracious 

wonder 

of blinding light

and I,

curled 

over the ground 

startled

by the sun

come back to my senses

as a shadow 

cradled and

gradually

nurtured.