Monday, April 13, 2015

A Single Leaf


A Single Leaf

A single leaf
carried by nomadic winds
across thirteenth avenue,
caressed by the nakedness of traffic,
longing for a bit of earth
to fall into.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Hiroshima


Hiroshima

The city that death enveloped,
where black rain descended when
i was barely ten months old,
unable to grasp the horror.

At sixty years,
finally make my pilgrimage
to ground zero and became witness
to the madness that only war enlivens.

I made my pilgrimage
to ask forgiveness
for human folly and
speak silently my prayer for peace.


Sunday, April 5, 2015

Dancing Shoes


 Dancing Shoes

Two pairs of shoes
in the corner of the room,
waiting for the authors of their dance,
carrying the spirit of the feet they enclose,
captives of two lovers,
one in bed
in her sweet reprieve from exhaustion,
the other
trolling the shape and texture of existence
with his camera.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Art is Carnivous



 

ART IS CARNIVOROUS


Art is carnivorous,
art preys mercilessly
upon the artifacts of culture,
digesting them and
ultimately spinning the remains
into dream-like consequences
that magically join
in grand coital reverie
with the human heart,
art keeps the hope of life alive.