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.

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.

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.

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.