whispering night
cool breezes merge
into morning
i find myself
floating
in an endless sea
lulling me
with soft caresses
a warmth enveloping
lifting me
on crests of white
higher i float
i soar
so high i merge with sky
ocean and sky
and i
am left a star
peering down on
sleeping earth
quiet, calm
calmly i sail
with moon
with clouds
dare i reach
for other stars
what other star
that i may share
his warmth?
cumulus clouds collect
covering sky and shading earth
i feel
their pressure building even within me
as they darken
menacingly threaten
and finally burst
a gentle shower that
coaxes tears to flow
in rivulets, then torrents
and finally subsiding
to faint sobs
— a distant rumbling in the sky
after a shower.
I learned how timeless time can be
When heartbeats are pulses of eternity
When sun and moon and stars revolve
About me, insignificant entity
In void alone a vesper shines
A single star becomes a galaxy
When alpha is omega and
When lines run through infinity
The path I run parallels the sun’s
Rays, we merge, an undefined unity
Defying relativity
Fixed points converging in serendipity.
To say I love you is pure subtlety
No words define love’s cosmos within me.
i closed my eyes
my heart was ice
or so i thought
so never sought
to feed the fire
of love’s desire
but love was strong
it proved me wrong
and i now sit
calm at its feet
in love’s full measure
a lover’s treasure
do i love thee well?
i know not my heart’s
mysterious ways
know i only that
it leaps quivering
with every thought of thee
unbounded joy fills me
and in thy presence
I know neither myself
nor do I know existence
lest existence be a loving heart
i know full well i am
thence i love thee well.
long forms
short forms
hazy forms
incisive forms
grey forms
black forms
shadows form.
on walls
on ceilings
on floors
on grass
on meadows
on plains
on hills
stick fast.
running at will
jumping jacks
dancing with joy
walking fast
creeping silently
trailing like vines
climbing abandoned
still at last.
wondrous stars
never do i cease
wondering
never tiring
casting brilliance
in darkened dome
and below
reflections
soft beads of white
in Poseidon’s bed
gently lulling vessels
in warm embrace
i rest.
i quail to think of the year past
when days i spent i thought would last
and helpless i clung fast
to what now has crumbled all to dust
amidst the ashes i hoped to see rise
a phoenix, ah! lost dreams and sighs
escaped me, the forlorn hiss
of a flame in its demise
times i have spent in solitary musing
moments passing, echoes rising
from emptier than empty caverns, cursing
the endless void, silence growing
slow, a form takes shape amidst ashes
foundation of unvoiced dreams and wishes
an undefinable haze form approaches
taking wing, the phoenix rises
my eyes have seen
untold wonders
in yours
reflections of warmth
burning pools of fiery flames
deep fathomless eddies
of unknown
eons of light years
pass as a breeze
with your touch
gently as the wind
riding in gales
crashing torrents
of rain and thunder
blinding lights
of rising spirits
i soar
above clouds
bewinged by love
spirits clinging scanning oceans
scaling mountains
wings folding
gently dropping
rise anew
reaching stars and
the heavens
swirling clouds
hazy skies give in
to blue
the night is filled
sweet sighs
flames grow
winds tearing asunder
what man has joined
i seek
to fly once more
over wind and rain
join wind, join rain
in frenzied dance
clipped wings flutter
helpless, alone
without
you.
where the darkness?
where the night?
come,
giver of light
extinguish thy fire
that i may hide
i seek a cloak
that may cover me
that i might be
enwrapped
solitary
that i may unburden
my troubles
in your omnipotent being
that i may silently weep
alone
that no other may share
the bitter tears
the pain
it seethes
through my very entrails
it consumes me
mercilessly
i beseech thee night!
bear me upon thy fiery wings
i flee
i long to flee
far away
to join eons
of light
of night
to rid myself
of mortal trappings
to seek Charon and
journey the river Styx
where darkness
is forever
i long
for
what?
Cindy Lapeña: Creativity Unlimited 