Here are three poems from July starting with the most recent and working backwards. The first poem is a tribute to Rilke's Book of Hours which I recently bought. The book is considered to be one of his greatest works and it consists of love poems written to God inspired by his experience in Russia. So I wrote my own love poem to God including a "Le Petit Prince" reference of the abandoned rose which I painted a few months ago. The second poem is simply a description of the sun rising. And the last poem I will leave open to interpretation.
7/30/10
I am not an abandoned rose.
No,
Not only do I grow,
I walk.
And when I lay
I am still living,
Tingling with life,
Shimmering with love,
Not by that of a man,
But of yours,
Your love that I can own
Only by giving.
Deep within these circles
Spinning becomes stillness
And the graceful harmony
Between us fills every void.
No,
I have not been abandoned.
I have been found.
(detail of the abandoned rose "Tache d'Etre Heureux" painting)
7/29/10
Seven suns are seen
Blue, violet, and white alike
Not all at once
None of them stationary
They carry asymmetry
Consistently
They show expected shape
Yet surprise the eyes
A momentary beauty
Evolving quickly
Growing and burning
We yearn to touch
Their arms who touch us
Both softly and fiercely
7/14/10
Strangeness enters
As quickly as dark clouds descend
Softly and swiftly
Reminding me of the end
That endless bend
which arcs under my skin
Raw emotion is never dead
A memory may be past
But the quality is vivid
He is living
Our somber hours remain still
Real as they ever were
Not moving or silent
Simply blinking
On and off
In and out
Up and down
Fading like a distant dream
And then it's bright again.
