Four Haiku That Are Red, White, and Blue
Red fiery explosives
in the East, by the blue drinking
water – white ash fall
A soldier, a white boy, Is
bleeding red.
His eyes were blue.
Through the white lines,
red stripes like prison bars,
you may see the blues.
White lies,
told by red powers, that be
windily by those in blue
3:00 AM
Once in the dark was I lain,
alone,
desolate,
In dense forestry of darkness,
I hoped,
prayed,
For the light of a phototropic,
salvation,
love,
Of Venusian light that appeared,
shimmered,
became,
Myself to see clearly that in,
darkness,
light,
Is mostly clearly seen.
Aphorism On The Will To Live
When one has neither the will to live, or to die; life is a mortal limbo, and psychic portent to the immortal limbo.
Aphorism On Insomnia
Life is analogous to the suffrage of the insomniac. Just as one lays all night, we lay our whole lives, in delusion, and yearning for rest, from the experience of the day.
Haiku On History
Blood, the
ink that history
is, written in.
Taoist Hymn
Let the five things be,
United, pure and virtuous,
The way of,
Clear-skied, sunny and nurturing,
The weather of,
Safe-travelling, flat-landed and bereft of beasts,
The terrain of,
Of One’s self, without One’s self and prosperous,
The leadership of,
Common, special and singular,
The discipline of,
The perfect
One.
Tantrik Nihilist – Ain Soph Aur
While this blog is primarily going to be for my poetry/writing, I am a musician of course and will be sharing updates with that part of my life as well… This an old demo I had mastered recently. It’s titled after the Kabbalistic concept of Ain Soph Aur, which basically (in short) describes a certain spiritual state, or ‘limitless light’. I’ve played all sorts of versions of this song, but I really like this take.
https://tantriknihilist.bandcamp.com/track/ain-soph-aur-remastered
Feature In Edge Of Humanity Magazine
I’m pleased to announce that the wonderful Edge Of Humanity Magazine featured one of my poems! I wrote the poem (Sister) one night thinking about my sister that passed when I was seven, and she twelve. Go check out Edge Of Humanity here on WordPress, or their website. There’s a link to my feature here on their site below. They truly have something for everyone! Check them out.
The Recognition
I know now that a young person is but a grown child,
That hatred is but an invention of love’s ultimate fear,
Though I know enough to know naught is ever known,
I still must attempt to say that which words cannot be said,
Here I wish to expunge all syllables spoke of the lesser,
To consolidate every vexation of a finer concern of our air,
So feel my lips kiss every wound inflicted by the malicious,
See my heart beat the tyrants of mind to their final death,
Life has been to shy of time any length of futile negation,
So lead only to follow your future footprints, inevitably,
Know that your lover is your only god or arcane host,
That your relations are your only potential heavens or salvation.
I certainly see that the cup is half full, but half full of what?
Light is seen in darkness, whilst its space remains enigmatic,
Remember that every life taken is birth-given, perhaps again,
That life’s symphonies compose songs unheard by the dumb and
That our carnal pleasures are not felt by the callous and paraplegic,
That art’s beautiful imagery is unseen by the blind or eyeless,
That the finest spirits are tasted not by the starving and dysgeusic,
That sacred perfume-oils and incense are smelled not by the anosmiac,
But we brothers and sisters are truly blessed by such heavenly hells,
Every food crumb indulged, or water wasted is another’s deprivation,
A laugh is another’s tear, so understand; survival is a luxury scorned,
Thus, your new found gratitude isn’t a revolution, but the recognition.
