Echoes of Silence January 30, 2007

Echoes of silence, to my heart console

like rays of light, a dreary night illuminate;

cries and shrieks of my trembling self

go unheard…but you do know

for in the letters of gold, t’was on thy soul engraved.

 

Love, why you be not here? I ask myself…

thine whispers of hope, why can’t I hear?

the naked truth, my vision of sight t’has stripped;

deeper and deeper into the abyss it falls,

the abyss…of this fathomless dream.

 

Suddenly, at once…a Magpie’s nest,

catches its soul, by the thread of a grass

…in the silver moonbeams, as it rejuvinates…

the starlight fom above, spots its other half;

which in a kingdom faraway, sleeps a restless night.

 

Together then…in joy and innocence they bathe

…their being, faraway so, in a neverland’s dream;

thus, one they become…for their spirits entwine,

the waves wash the shores! And then the sun off sea…

seal their fates to be one forever…those grains of sand.

 

Plop…plop…plop…as the raindrops drip,

their haunting sound turns my brows’ wheel;

and then, faraway I disappear…

I fly away with the winds,

but in their hearts again, I reappear.

 

I return thus, I do return…where else would I go?

becoming the arrows of the divine archer winged,

with a stallion’s speed, thy souls and hearts I pierce;

and by its mane, the course of life I steer,

life…mine and yours, and theirs and ours…

 

Woosh! though the candles burnt out,

their light still remains in my being…and says…

“To wither away and burn yourself…for them,

who in thy glory shine…life does be”

some live on…while some shed a silent tear.

 

And thus, without a sound…without any trace,

into the eternal you sublime; through me, and I in you,

only to wake up…to what we already knew.

which dream you talked of? and which dreamer?

 

For once, for others, for your other half,

you ceased to be…only to find the truth, the love and joy;

and just as you lost yourself in them,

in the life itself, you dissolved.

 

Just a shot of lightning though, and none remains,

one grieves, while the others sees joy;

and then the one enjoys…as the other,

…in his solitude, sheds his mien…in his tears.

and all this…t’was but a profanation of your soul,

which lost on its rambles on the lovely plains;

…now do awake…to the light of peace and love,

the echoes of silence whisper thus.

The Epitaph November 11, 2006

Shhhh…!! Say no more, let me enjoy this solitude now;
See for yourself, the bliss it brings along.
Can you hear now…my soul screams your name…
But alas! what can I do…I be there no more.
How shall I convince thy innocent heart?
Its laments I cannot see! But still thou be…
…the one you were, although time hath changed me.

Ask not again, for thou dost know, I have nothing to say;
Ask not though, but once…for I do have something to say.
Clueless I be, but still I must get done what is ought to be done;
Hence, this moment, I beseech thee…so look into my eyes.
Can you see, what I wish to say?
Can you hear what I wish to show? No! not the tears…
…for they won’t stop; I ask thee once more, come near.

Did the thrush deliver my songs to you?
Did the flowers make thee cry?
And then did the butterflies catch those tears?
Oh! tears no more my love, now cheer!!
Look at the sun, setting behind those hills;
And behold the beauty of dusk, and rain showering…
…its heavenly pearls, shalt cheer thee up for sure!

Close thy eyes, and know it now; what has passed…
…cannot be changed. Past no more thy enemy be,
Live right now, right here. What of me? I be no more;
I lay in peace, love and no fear. Look up, and read those lines,
The epitaph says…mourn not, my love, be brave.
Thy floods of tears, won’t bring me back; I live eternally,
in the memories we both cherished.

Forgive me though, no valediction I bade;
But wasn’t it then for good? I never went,
I always was and will always be, in your heart…
…I belong nowhere, but there…forever.
This little rose, now that you put on my grave,
Indeed dost make me cry. But helpless I be…
…for we do know; that corpses cannot cry!