Sunday, November 20, 2016

I Courted a Hummingbird


It’s digital chaos, smearing through ghosts, peering at sable eyes; this inner conflict, to remember pain—this grain of foolish feelings; as borne to measures, this pressure of madness, confused through dialogues; this woman as young, so old in wisdom, to inflict a bit of turmoil; that casual smile, as to affect souls, while crooked that light of days. I can’t but filter, this terror of nights—this facial aura; as courted by hearts, pushed passed limits, to erupt into mania: this woman he loved; as bent he couldn’t have; that voice streaking through cities. I came for love, this conquered sensation, as infused by jazz: this music of souls, as marooned passions, stranded but found to liquor; this welkin song, as to utter truths, this curse by fate our daughters; to see for lightning, this woman of Zen, to ask boldly that blessing. It couldn’t be real—these fields of phantoms, as women mold colonies; but this is life, to give as dying, where men eschew praise. I know a name, engraved in white stones, to find us musing at 5a.m.; this tragic aria, so deep that sorrow, as confused by tenors; to seek at solace, this fatal dance, as to remember an auburn moon; this place of souls, as crooked this art, to wonder of clearance; that deep havoc, as graphic as mystics, to dig deep that ark; those hearts of fools, drooling by candles, as fevered beyond recognition. I’ve tried to sing, as to divert anguish—this woman a dream to imagine; this inner web, to know but images, to see so many channels; that life of chaos, those deep personas, as to meet mothers time and again. It couldn’t be real, every angle a tactic, as to emote a genuine response; but this is magic—that self as damaged, while to explore through fakeries; this second of realness, rooted in emotions, where our beginnings were forged. I can’t but love, this woman of souls, as to affect a heart-cave; while falcons pause, where eagles soar, as a squirrel tossed a chip. It shan’t evolved, this space of images, while turned in several directions; to bless a soul, at distance this art, to wonder of this thing called love. I must retreat, while gifted this pain, to know of ruins; this face of fools, reaching for shoulders, this chariot by infractions; that tender pearl—her eyes as philosophy, to imagine this reign of daughters; to court a brain, this father’s dove, as searching for clearance; to receive a blessing, this kef of ways, as gray as marble fens. I’ve come to see, this world of angst, at moments, this epic travesty; tat pain of souls, to love so loosely, as to find this mind has limbs; that cautious lake, as treasured this rain, to see for passions this dying world.    

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