"What am I to you?" Right here and now
She asks
And what am I to say?
You're everything
And with my soul I'd pay
To have and hold you
Near to me
Through each and every day
I dreamed
you near
Shadows and
A heart of glass
Your
laughter lit
The darkness there
And I shattered
Awakening
to find
Your smile
On my lips
I saw it shining
Bold and brave
Against the dew
More
daring
More proud
By far more lovely
Than those that had come
The summer before
And I thought of you
OZONE DEPLETION
PESTICIDES
SPECIES EXTINCTION
HEBICIDES
OVERPOPULATION
STRIP MINING
DEFORESTATION
OIL REFINING
ADAPTIVE RADIATION
LAND FILLS
OVER CULTIVATION
OIL SPILLS
And a planet cries
(Mother Earth)
As a planet dies
And we close our ears
(We Have Forsaken Thee)
And we close our eyes
A noise leaks through
So soft and blue
Yet so hard
To deny
"Nothing" is
What it is
That is wrong
And "Why?"
Suspiciously
It comes to me
Sounding
Like a sigh
She
Shares
My exile
My disease
Is
Part of me
And
There for me
When I fall
Apart
She ate the Sun and
With a roar
Claimed dominion
Over so-called Earth
I am Active
and Natural.
I am Human-
Universal Man,
Social Man.
I am Instinct,
Disposition,
Capacity.
Am I no more
than my Labor?
She analyzed
My hand,
and these things
she said:
"You are stressed
and depressed.
Your ego outgrows you.
You are perched
on the edge."
The chair
had no comment.
I don't like
To smile it
Hurts like it
Is going
To break it
Makes me want
To cry you
Make me you
Smile my face
We generated
A certain friction
Sending sparks into
An eve of passion
If you had not
Been so wet
And the ground around
Soaked with sweat
Our smoldering flesh
Might have gone ablaze
Setting the sand dunes
The surrounding seas
And our lives
On fire
My love is
Not small
But BIG
A WHALE
Yes I know
A whale is not
But my love is
A fish
If I saw you
On the corner
Of a crowded street
If it was an arrangement
Or merely chance to meet
If I viewed you at a distance
From below or
From above
If I were not already
I would be in love
To suffer
Is honorable
For good behavior
Is its own reward
My body's taken
But they've lost my mind
For mine is spoken
To a Higher Law
While the jailors sweat
The passage of time
I am concerned
That all Harijan
Have enough to eat
A place to sleep
And that they
Are being touched
Mount me
Dig your boots
Into my flanks
And you're
Riding high
Spurring me
On hard on
Too hard
Rein me
In I'm coming
Home I love
your rodeo
I've been
Broken
Shaken
Forsaken
Frozen and
Still I will miss
The thunder of Summer
The leavings of Fall
The wonder of Winter
And you
Most of all
You cried you said
It hurt you somewhere
Deep inside you
Said that you had
Told him no
He lied he said
It's good inside
Where it hurt you
For the last time
Quiet
(speak to me)
Still
(move me)
Empty
(enter me)
Is crowing
As the dawn
Is breaking
And his eye
Is aching
For a glimpse
Of you
If I could have loved you
The way that I loved Pepper
If you could have loved me
The way you loved the Sky
If all could be
Forgiven
Forever
Forgotten
And if wishes
They had wings
Then beggars
They would fly
I want to scream
About the smell
From the oven
That man-made hell
I taste the fear
Come off their skins
As families
Are herded in
And I can feel
My own skin crawl
As I hide behind
My too-thin walls
Although I hear
And sometimes see
I dare not speak
I'm Monkey Three
On you and
I couldn't breathe
Believe it boy
You're stuck
So fucking lost
In you and
Of you I
Cannot get out
You
Never knew
What I felt
Or thought or
Feared
You
Had your bags
And babies
To care for
(Not me now
not ever)
You
Never knew
That I loved
You
Never will
Bitter
stagnant
poisoned
And be-
neath the
surface
It is
so damn
over
Price-
less
peace
and
No-
thing-
ness
All
of
that
and
Less
much
less
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