elo69 Poetry (189)

who had spun the rain
from starlight and clouds
or planted the moon in this silver sky
where the many handmaidens have begun to dance
in hall of the ball,to beauty's garden
if only to watch a moment
for each time one smiles,was a newborn sun
spreading warmth upon my face

here in the winter of my days
which have brought me only joy

crescent soul
thine ivory mask
but the sheets were torn and crumpled
by waves without a sea
leaving only words
to remember
the contours of her limbs
shaping mountains and valleys in paradise

stars on a mantles leaf
rose and gold the hearts own thief
to every breath once come is gone
what it was that makes a souls belief

old Indian poets speaking words like driven sand
with face of god above you and stars so close to hand
how can harshness lead to the love of beauty
yet in the oasis of her smile we stand

arms reaching up to a Goddess with Autumn's hair
but the moon it will not rise for prayer
and sorrow touches my hands
as they move across the papers tear

loom of turning stars
threads the tapestry of are earth
where a nimble fingered Goddess
fastens threads of Autumn gold
to every leaf in sight

for I feel as if my life has become like rich grain
basking in the glory of its season

Lament ye daughters of bright Troy,for Achaean's depart on sorrows tide.Woe of woe unto thee whose sons are broken spears without a mantle.Cry out thy mournful wail tell salt by eyes birth leaves cold the pyre stones.Your alter built unto Poseidon's ear,by bright rent cloth of scarlet stain.Hear lay the gold of Troy now,darkening sand of sorrows tide.

Tell as like light from darkness spreads fire from voice to voice.Brave daughters of bright Troy in harmony will sing,walking hand on heart to sea.With head high and voice firm,faces cast of marble beauty,each in candles light.Alas but their voice is herd no more yet by the rocks of distant shore.For it has been sealed by waters kiss,cold and dark as the memory of love.

who would pick the thorns
from rose
for the taste on her lips was blood
dark and rich with magic
moving this mortal dust

as the Crow pyre burned
we breathed smoke and star
deep into lungs
tell the blood in are thighs
wished to run with the heart of the braves
from the apocalypse
of my ancestors sins

in the sleeping Gods dreams
souls are born in lightning
struck by hammer from the mountains top
life was but its echo
as the thunder rolls away

blanket by stars
the earth enfolds her whispers
to waves upon the shore
as they turn a tandem step
which only lovers of the moon will know

temple of thy sacred touch
O' rose of the rising sun
warming stone
within this garden
as one by one
the crickets go to bed

dreaming the nights song
into stars across the sky
pulled by the catchers stone

and already
the first leaves begin to fall
as beauty reaches forward
while holding on so gently
to gradient of every shade

my love today
only blades of golden grass
like great swaying towers
to the sun

love to thy shade of whispers gain
lace and mane to twain
running stallion of stars the sea reflects
sand for my bones the stone has worn
circles into circles
tracks
about this tower on the moon
windowed were ravens go
bearing letters of loves folly
torn of script and scattered fray
pages for the wind like years
they were the color of every season
woven to beauty dress

a beggar for a fool and cup to sorrows dark
the luster in the wine was red and deep as humanity's age
pleas lord lay me down unto fields of green
for the night is long
with so many miles to walk

Urukagina,just king of kings in a time of kings
chosen of the Goddess Bapu,who chose just Urukagina
to hold Lagesh in hands,whos hands hold Lagesh
your melammu is diadem of wisdom's pure light
and its radiance illuminates
the cones of Liberty

O Urukagina,first of the enlightened
to carve marks in stone which speak not of victory over others
for only injustice is a worthy foe,that which is the foe of all worthy
what a brave steps in the evolution of human consciousness
were seeds born from the flower of your thoughts
and how have they effected the path of the water