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Heart

Finish

October 28, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I have arrived at the end

my heart is pumping

full to exploding

you 

in every heartbeat

my heart

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

you stroke my chest
with white swan feathers
your eyes show
you know what this means
my heart bleeds

star beat

August 24, 2021August 27, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

beneath the star
beats the heart
above the beat
the star shines

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beneath the star

August 22, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

beneath the star

beats the heart

soft rain

June 29, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

soft rain on hot stone
your hand on my heart
essential actions

if the brain

March 22, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

if the brain is the locus of thinking
the belly the organ of loss
the heart must be focussed on loving and leaving
approaching mountains to conquer and bridges to cross

I stayed awake

February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I stayed awake
all night
to ensure my heart
did not burst into flames

in the morning
the clouds were red

seeing – finally seeing

February 16, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

running
thought free
one’s heart travels
to where one longs to be

my guiding star

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

my guiding star may be low
below the horizon
may disappear
at the rising of the sun
may fall unnoticed
from my conscious mind
but always and forever
it is there that I shall run

my house is open

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

my house is open
to sunlight
to moonlight
to the breeze from the sea

my house is open
to the song of cicadas
to the laughter of children
to the rustle of palms

my house is open
my hearth is open
my heart is open to all

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