Do you hear me

Do you hear me

Even though

I have never said a word

I speak to you

On the inside

In a voice so loud

It drowns out all distortion

Rattling through the wires

Connecting all the doubts

To the outside

With heavy metal

To keep my feet

Rooted in good earth

I give the truth

A wide berth

As the reality

Of spiritual isolation

Is a cause of ritualistic

Devastation

Left in peace

I am a songbird

With nothing new to sing

Repeating all the notes

In a different order

Is it a wonder

Nothing has been said

I have never heard before

When the voice inside

My head

Is not the same

As the voice I want to hear

How strange it is

I feel you so near

When I can’t see you

Do you see me

Stumbling in the darkness

Looking for the light

Though I am blind

I know the way

In an emergency

You are my eyes

When will you

See me.

Wednesday the13th of May.

There is no spell

That is not broken

No words that have not

Been spoken

No dream

That has not come true

Nothing real

For me without you

There is no end

Without a start

There is no pain

Without a heart

No clock

Can turn back time

And any fool

Can write this rhyme.

Silent Buddha

In repose

How still he appears

Barely a ripple in the air

Breathing slow to rise

Unbidden thoughts hidden

From a prying mind

Nothing penetrates

A carefully constructed

Vacuum within which

His consciousness lies

Until it does

The peace disturbed

On the inside

Not that it would be seen

Swanlike is his mien

Floating serenely

A touch of grace

On a silver sea

An ugly duckling

Beneath the surface

If only to remain

In one place

Braving a riptide

And for one moment

There is a window

When all that could be seen

Was without

As he lay

Safely at peace

Within

There will be a return

To equilibrium

Movement measured

Without need

Of momentum

No matter how slight

A respite

It may be

And he will breathe

A silent word

Of welcome