Safety

PHOTO: Diego Fernandes 2009

Wave and wind one, unified,
I see the Friend on a far horizon,
He found a treasure
Hidden in the deep.

Ages ago safety deserted
The Friend and took Him
Further than encircling
Shores that comfort me.

I do not see His scars.
I see the Treasure at His feet.

After Sundown

Waiting for evening

For after sundown

For dark lights

Star lights

Some strong sense of passing

Waiting.

Watching the sun cross over

Watching the sun pass by

Watching the sun fall

Fall closer to you

And where you dream

Remembering smells

Of you on your pillow

After sundown

Remembering to remember

Forgetting to forget

After sundown

Somewhere out east

Behind me

Under night shadow

Such scenes ache

To hold on to time

Rhythms hard shaking

Of mine as yours

And nothing mine

All

After sundown

But waiting hurts

Morning sun burns

That steam of shadow

Till after sundown.

No Deserto Do Tempo

Photo: Diego Fernandes 2007

see me stand

myself standing

by myself alone

on a desert plain

outside the time of time

standing between

a future of futures

no past passes passed

a present would wet drifting dust.

This timeless dust

denies me you

you have passed

past predicts future

future makes time

time is you

you are there

I am here.