Melting of Spring
With your arrival commences The sweltering of the earth Shivering blue voices Give way to liquid amber tones Pale hues Turn anguished sienna The flames of the fire Have begun to rage Consuming the last Tendrils of timidity Erupting into a Dance of Adoration While the Ancestors look on The vigorous stamping Of Ancient Rhythms Radiates to a final burst Then collapses upon itself And pools of wax From lighted candles flow LiNdA
Read MoreDark Shadows
A candle, snuffed A moon beam, slivered An inkblot, dripped A penumbra, presaged A silhouette, trembled A mountain, crested A vapor, diffused A water drop, splashed A breath, quieted A voice, silenced An eye, shuttered A dream, portended LiNdA
Read MoreLeap Year
Through a silent dreamscape Muffled voices chanced to speak Following an absence Where Destiny could not choose The outcome A separation of time and space Borne of an unwinding 11th dimension Did propel us to distant galaxies The potential for a broken string Hanging on the loom And so came the 11th Hour When all might have been lost But for the salvation of a sunrise Followed by a sunset And a force that stopped the hands of the clock As an orange colored mist Draped down Obscuring the stars Yet revealing the double halos Of incandescent lamps Our hair dampening Under heavy vapors Shoulders chilled Standing before Our...
Read MoreDays of Wine and Chocolate
Shall we not name the rose But instead eat of it A cacao bean far traveled From the breast of the Maya Refreshed in the depths of Atitlán Food for the Gods In the shade of zapote A sacred pod Its beating heart And a grape pressed between Sunset horizons Crimson flowing Sanguine streams Beneath feet dancing Mellifluous syrup Into your hand A smoke-filled crystal Mine caressing a lion’s mane LiNdA
Read MoreA Blustery Night
In serene stillness With candles aflame Two voices joined By the breath of the Wind Gentle gusts scuttle An oblivious leaf Over naked ground To the juniper’s roots Quiet words quelled When ardent flames flicker A tempestuous cadence Tinged with urgent growls Two pairs of ears Strain to hear The anguished silence On reticent lips And comes the shriek A great howl unleashed Rips the souls of trees From trembling limbs Two hearts throbbing As the piercing blast Rattles shivering walls And two mouths cry out...
Read MoreA.C. en Algérie
Dedicated to A. Camus A Winter’s night Chilled skin Starlit eyes The song of the sea Floats on our ears From the kingdom of sand ‘Neath the salt bite Crust Of forgotten days The memory Of the Man And his Woman Awakens the heart Frees the soul Ignites the flame We shall pay homage To his words Of life LiNdA
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