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Sunday, August 23, 2015

incantation for sleep

incantation for sleep

now in the cloudy sky
in the plane
in between
now,
from now to now

my cat
a house
a garden,
this will be there,
nobody waiting

i had been missing,
lost in the frontiers.
i moved to the core,
a home in the heart

it sails within storms
as quiet as a gull
with wings to carry,
to steer in and out

i must go 
and follow the days
and see the signs
in the traces of birds

in the patterns of faces
the smoke from fires
remember the essence
of touch and presence

no soothsayers
to heal my pain
no lover
to ease my longing

there is only one
and one, pure feeling,
i am homesick for you.
no inauguration

no witch, no magic,
no words will cure me:
only you can
when you will 

and i must wait.
it is as if i have waited
since i was born.
i am here now.

i reached a place
where we can meet.
it is for you
to find me in the green

leaves of the ivy,
the lianas of fingers
and lips and skin
and the whispering

of my voice in your ear,
my breath in dreams
of fur and feathers,
salt and soft winds

and here are my tears
they are nothing
but rain in the ocean
the gates open

and heaven finds 
release
to return 
home.

sleep, my love,
sleep.
sleep
and find the key
which i tried to send.

open my door.
i told your monsters
to go, i prayed for
your pain to 
come into my arms

the string of pearls
your spine
i count
and i lose count


i ask your heart
to have eyes
and courage
to trust and to feel 

i pray
i hold a shell
close to your ear
you can listen

and hear
the blood
the sea
and the stars

listen to your self,
child of heaven,
woman of earth,
sleep

sleep, my love,
sleep.
sleep.


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