Awake

Awake for hours and staring at the ceiling
Through the unsettled stillness of the night
She grows possessed of the obsessive feeling
That dawn has come and gone and brought no light.

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Voices

Voices in my head
Chanting, “Kisses, bread
Prove yourself. Fight. Shove.
Learn. Earn. Look for Love”.
Drown a lesser voice
Silent for now of choice
“Breath in peace, and be
Still, for once, like me.”

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Did You?

…Its like you told me once
If we never saw each other again
It wouldn’t make any difference 
You didn’t say it wouldn’t matter
You said…it wouldn’t make a difference.
And did you know I understood the nuance?
It was so long ago … but, did you know?

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Again

Smoke rises from the moon again
Tonight.
I will burn in the fragrance again
Tonight,
My breath is entangled again
Tonight.
It will burst and break.
Your thoughts will not let me sleep again
Tonight,
Smoke rises from the moon again
Tonight.

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My Shadow

We are
These days
Estranged.
My shadow and I. 
He accused me
Of walking in the dark.
He alleged
I walked in the dark
In order to efface him
So he wouldnt track me.
I protested,
I walked alone even in light
And in dark
When I really needed him
He abandoned me.
He took off
Leaving no traces -
My shadow, my partner. 
We are
These days
Estranged
My shadow and I….

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Tales of Last Night

Last night
The dew fell
Softly
Softly;
It fell on the closed lips
Of the petals;
Under the veiled night
The fairies
Unfurled
The wings of tales;
Last night
Was beautiful.
Last night
My dreams were alive.
Last night I was with you.

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Imprints

Erase all the imprints
Of your existence;
Move
But make no sound;
Don’t disturb
The universe of the leaves.
Take off every thread
From your body.
Take off every thread
Thread by thread.
Take it off ever so carefully
That you don’t touch anything.
Now you are here
Now you are not
Remember not to disfigure
The face of death
With any wrinkle of life.

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Things

Put back the letter, half conceived
From error, half to see you grieved.
Some things are seen and disbelieved. 
Some talk of failings, some of love-
That terms are reckoned from above-
What could she have been thinking of? 
Put it away. You cannot find
In a far reading of this kind
One character for heart or mind. 
Read into things; they will remain.
Things [...]

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Buson Yosa

A kite floats
At the place in the sky
Where it floated yesterday.

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Ikkyu

If you do not get it from yourself,
Where will you go for it?

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