river to the sea
river to the sea
you are at the mountain top
you belong to me
My translation
Poetry?
believe
believe believed belief
bereave bereaved bereft
how a word a thought changed to another
the day you left
Programmed to see patterns
programmed to see patterns
I see waves crashing on rocks
tigers dancing
chessmen contemplating their fate
then
a sudden breeze
sweeps the clouds like leaves
from the north
and I think again
of reality
horse gallops wayward
horse gallops wayward
in the far distance an arch
new thoughts clench my fist
seen from above
the city is beautiful
when seen from above
neat and symmetrical and clean
at dronefall though the people are ragged
they appeared two-dimensional
on the grandmaster’s plan
like ants with less purpose
they move through the maze
forever fearing high water
but the city is beautiful
when seen from above
fly the flag
fly the flag
fly the flag higher
fly the flag high in the sky
tear the flag down
tear it, tear the flag down
tear it, tear the flag to the ground
burn the flag
water the ashes
wash the ashes to the waiting sea
one day
one day
the flag will fly
fly high
Night flight
Sanded eyes and lips
Kid behind kidney kicking
Patience drips away
wind-twisted trees
wind-twisted trees
cliff-edge sea sentinels
holding back the fear
useful prison walls
useful prison walls
ice-bricked windows locked thought-tight
structures force freedom
You left me flowers
You left me vases of flowers that did not die
A lemon yellow sun in the cobalt sky
A written instruction I was never to cry
All I wanted was to unhear goodbye
