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Around A Word
November 2018
(IN A SNOW-WHITE FOLDER)
…before you both become older,
watching the trees get balder.
It’s getting colder and colder
as the night’s naked shoulder
shivers. You want to hold her
in your arms as you fold her
dreams in a snow-white folder…
…before you both become older, watching the trees get balder. It’s getting colder and colder as the night’s naked shoulder shivers. You want to hold her in your arms as you fold her dreams in a snow-white folder…
December 2018
(SOMEWHAT STRANGE)
…among trains of thoughts
and somewhat strange
events showing lots
of words that change
the things they mean
and the things they
may even be mean
to by the next day.
You seek the Word
of GOD in the World…
…among trains of thoughts and somewhat strange events showing lots of words that change the things they mean and the things they may even be mean to by the next day. You seek the Word of GOD in the World…
May 2019
(RAIN’S REFRAIN)
…to the rain’s refrain
again and again.
I like it when
it rains at night.
As a rain man,
I like to write
rhymes to the rain
woman. She likes
to see some lines
on her window pane
in the city lights…
…to the rain’s refrain again and again. I like it when it rains at night. As a rain man, I like to write rhymes to the rain woman. She likes to see some lines on her window pane in the city lights…
August 2019
(TIED TO THAT TIME)
…even start to
understand. Too
tied to that time,
you try to rhyme
about what was
then put on pause.
But every thought
is about what
you ought to do
to make it through
another fall.
Across the hall,
you see a cross.
You start to cross
an empty street,
hoping to meet
someone you know.
But there is no
one there, except
you. You accept
that because you
know that it’s true,
just like the fact
that GOD can act
in ways no man
or woman can…
…even start to understand. Too tied to that time, you try to rhyme about what was then put on pause. But every thought is about what you ought to do to make it through another fall. Across the hall, you see a cross. You start to cross an empty street, hoping to meet someone you know. But there is no one there, except you. You accept that because you know that it’s true, just like the fact that GOD can act in ways no man or woman can…
October 2019
(SEA OF STARS)
…if it’s a Word
of GOD. It’s heard
at the right times.
Some think It rhymes.
Now and then, I
stare at the sky
at night and see
a shining sea
of stars. They seem
to be from a dream
come true. One word
can change the World…
…if it’s a Word of GOD. It’s heard at the right times. Some think It rhymes. Now and then, I stare at the sky at night and see a shining sea of stars. They seem to be from a dream come true. One word can change the World…
February 2020
(SHADOW AND LIGHT)
…are words also things?
Are things, then, words?
Are there strings
attached to the worlds
tying them, like
shadow and light?
Are they like Life
and Death as Part
of Life? Is the Heart
of this World the Sun?
In the Eyes of THE ONE,…
…are words also things? Are things, then, words? Are there strings attached to the worlds tying them, like shadow and light? Are they like Life and Death as Part of Life? Is the Heart of this World the Sun? In the Eyes of THE ONE,…
May 2020
(THE WORD OF GOD)
…of GOD, THE ONE
WHO made the Sun,
the Earth, and all
there is. Recall
what it may mean
not to be seen.
Sometimes you see
the sky as a sea
that is turned up-
side down. Stop
reading and look
out of the book
to see the World,
and thus – the Word…
…of GOD, THE ONE WHO made the Sun, the Earth, and all there is. Recall what it may mean not to be seen. Sometimes you see the sky as a sea that is turned upside down. Stop reading and look out of the book to see the World, and thus – the Word…
June 2020
(AROUND A WORD)
…in the Beginning when
there wasn’t a single man.
GOD created the World.
So, every single word
that may be found in
It can also be seen
as a word that has got
to be coming from GOD.
Whenever a word is found,
it is bound to be around
a word and, of course,
the Word that was…
…in the Beginning when there wasn’t a single man. GOD created the World. So, every single word that may be found in It can also be seen as a word that has got to be coming from GOD. Whenever a word is found, it is bound to be around a word and, of course, the Word that was…
February 2021
AROUND
A
WORD
A COLLECTION
OF CYCLIC
VERSE
COMPLETE VERSION
INSTEAD OF A FOREWORD
(AROUND THE WORD)
…of GOD. The World
turns around the Word…
…of GOD. The World turns around the Word…
February 2021
2004
(TIME)
…as time flies fast – unless GOD cuts its wings.
But then time seems to simply start to run
out of space. Time sometimes only brings
slow-motion sighing from the setting sun.
Yes, time can heal; but time can also kill
like a wind blowing out candles. When a rain-
storm starts, you feel all you can feel until
you come to find out if it is in vain…
…as time flies fast – unless GOD cuts its wings. But then time seems to simply start to run out of space. Time sometimes only brings slow-motion sighing from the setting sun. Yes, time can heal; but time can also kill like a wind blowing out candles. When a rainstorm starts, you feel all you can feel until you come to find out if it is in vain…
January 2004
(RAGE AND REGRET)
…of rage and regret.
There are many fears
that can make one sweat
or melt down in tears…
…of rage and regret. There are many fears that can make one sweat or melt down in tears…
February 2004
(THE EYES OF GOD)
…to know that the Eyes of GOD
see everything. You have got…
…to know that the Eyes of GOD see everything. You have got…
March 2004
(WORDS)
…like trees on streets.
Words grow in slow
motion. They grow
on paper sheets…
…like trees on streets. Words grow in slow motion. They grow on paper sheets…
April 2004
(FADED FLOWERS)
…they don’t seem to have met.
Frequently, faded flowers
are followed by floods of regret.
After a couple of hours,…
…they don’t seem to have met. Frequently, faded flowers are followed by floods of regret. After a couple of hours,…
May 2004
(WORDS OF LIGHT)
…in the silences of the night.
You keep roaming the streets
of this city that greets
you with words of light…
…in the silences of the night. You keep roaming the streets of this city that greets you with words of light…
June 2004
(ALL-SEEING EYES)
…because the All-seeing Eyes
of GOD watch from the Skies.
None should engage in lies…
…because the All-seeing Eyes of GOD watch from the Skies. None should engage in lies…
July 2004
(CRAMMED MIND)
…even in your crammed mind.
After losing yourself
a few times, you can find
that there is an empty shelf…
…even in your crammed mind. After losing yourself a few times, you can find that there is an empty shelf…
July 2004
(FREE ROOM)
…in your head where you
live like in a free room.
Now, you pay attention to
nothing except the gloom…
…in your head where you live like in a free room. Now, you pay attention to nothing except the gloom…
July 2004
(GAME OF WORDS)
…of words seems the same.
Almost any game…
…of words seems the same. Almost any game…
August 2004
(NIGHTGOWN)
…that is as far
as it is bright.
You wear the night-
gown like a star…
…that is as far as it is bright. You wear the nightgown like a star…
August 2004
(WELL OF WORDS)
…of words for those
who like to spell
in verse and prose.
There is a well…
…of words for those who like to spell in verse and prose. There is a well…
August 2004
(DURING THE DAY)
…but not nearly as far away.
You saw a star in the night.
And then during the day,
you saw a star as bright…
…but not nearly as far away. You saw a star in the night. And then during the day, you saw a star as bright…
September 2004
(COLLECTING THE CHANGE)
…scattered along the skies.
Somebody saw a strange
picture in the pink eyes
of dawn collecting the change…
…scattered along the skies. Somebody saw a strange picture in the pink eyes of dawn collecting the change…
October 2004
(THAT TIME)
…sharing the same emotion.
Almost each memory
of that time is a motion
picture of you and me…
…sharing the same emotion. Almost each memory of that time is a motion picture of you and me…
October 2004
(WORD ON A PAGE)
…up. In this dimly lit
room, it is hard to sit
still. So, I start to pace
up and down the place
like a rat in a cage
by a word on a page,
trying to accelerate
whatever makes me wait…
…up. In this dimly lit room, it is hard to sit still. So, I start to pace up and down the place like a rat in a cage by a word on a page, trying to accelerate whatever makes me wait…
October 2004
(INTO FINE ART)
…stare at the stars that start
to freeze into fine art
pieces of a brand-new
jigsaw puzzle. You…
…stare at the stars that start to freeze into fine art pieces of a brand-new jigsaw puzzle. You…
November 2004
(SAME MASK)
…wearing the same mask.
You should know how to ask
why everyone around you
says that a lie is true,…
…wearing the same mask. You should know how to ask why everyone around you says that a lie is true,…
November 2004
(THE SILENCE)
…for the silence to break
under its own weight?
Is it a mistake
to sit and wait…
…for the silence to break under its own weight? Is it a mistake to sit and wait…
November 2004
(THIS PLACE)
…since your very birth.
You’ve tried to tell
if this place is hell
or heaven on earth…
…since your very birth. You’ve tried to tell if this place is hell or heaven on earth…
November 2004
(WHITE WINDS)
…white winds play with white
willows. At night,…
…white winds play with white willows. At night,…
November 2004
(ANOTHER SEA)
…that it reflects the skies.
There is another sea
of snow in which your eyes
sink right before they see…
…that it reflects the skies. There is another sea of snow in which your eyes sink right before they see…
December 2004
(BY A CHRISTMAS TREE)
…out and spend some free
time by a Christmas tree.
The city looks like a cake
covered with layers of snow
and steel candles that make
everyone want to go…
…out and spend some free time by a Christmas tree. The city looks like a cake covered with layers of snow and steel candles that make everyone want to go…
December 2004
(EVERY DAY)
…words don’t always lead
to things. You need
to keep that in
mind. The machine
inside your head
is going mad.
You have no choice
but to hear its voice
every day and
night. In the end,…
…words don’t always lead to things. You need to keep that in mind. The machine inside your head is going mad. You have no choice but to hear its voice every day and night. In the end,…
December 2004
(IN THE DAYTIME)
…or grey as rime
in the daytime.
Sometimes at noon,
you see the moon.
But unlike at night,
it looks snow-white…
…or grey as rime in the daytime. Sometimes at noon, you see the moon. But unlike at night, it looks snow-white…
December 2004
(STARTING TO STIR)
…shadows starting to stir
in the still night. There were…
…shadows starting to stir in the still night. There were…
December 2004
(STEEL SKIES)
…fall. The wind sighs.
While the sun bleeds
in the steel skies,
tiny snow beads…
…fall. The wind sighs. While the sun bleeds in the steel skies, tiny snow beads…
December 2004
(THE WILL)
…around a parking lot
of words that may be not
there. You need some more
time for another chance
to understand why no war
of words makes any sense.
When the stars leave the sky,
sometimes it starts to drown
in the dark rising high
enough to erase a town.
Always obeying the Will
of GOD, things go still…
…around a parking lot of words that may be not there. You need some more time for another chance to understand why no war of words makes any sense. When the stars leave the sky, sometimes it starts to drown in the dark rising high enough to erase a town. Always obeying the Will of GOD, things go still…
December 2004
2005
(ACROSS THE YEAR’S EDGE)
…slipping out of sight.
You move from the window ledge
in the dark that surrounds the light
across the year’s edge,…
…slipping out of sight. You move from the window ledge in the dark that surrounds the light across the year’s edge,…
January 2005
(NIGHT COFFEE)
…out of the window. Still
night coffee starts to spill…
…out of the window. Still night coffee starts to spill…
January 2005
(STAR)
…telling you who you are.
A star slipped out of your eye
when you looked at the sky
and saw another star…
…telling you who you are. A star slipped out of your eye when you looked at the sky and saw another star…
January 2005
(VIEW OF THE DAY)
…that seeing a bleeding sun-
set would alter your view
of the day that had run
out of time. You knew…
…that seeing a bleeding sunset would alter your view of the day that had run out of time. You knew…
January 2005
(YEARS-LONG)
…that it may be all
you can recall
now. It was so
years-long ago…
…that it may be all you can recall now. It was so years-long ago…
January 2005
(THE SOUND OF LIGHT)
…the sound of light.
The sound of the night
looks like the sound
of the dark around…
…the sound of light. The sound of the night looks like the sound of the dark around…
February 2005
(BREAKING ALONG)
…to nowhere. Another day
is breaking along the way…
…to nowhere. Another day is breaking along the way…
March 2005
(SO DOES THE NIGHT)
…seems far away.
So does the night
in the daylight.
At night, the day…
…seems far away. So does the night in the daylight. At night, the day…
March 2005
(SPEAK SILENT)
…does. Do it in black and white.
Speak Silent like the night…
…does. Do it in black and white. Speak Silent like the night…
March 2005
(RAILROAD TRACK)
…moving from point A
to point B and back
to point A. You stay
on the railroad track,…
…moving from point A to point B and back to point A. You stay on the railroad track,…
April 2005
(RIGHT THERE)
…waves like a pirate flag
in the wind. Your soul’s right
there – in your body bag.
The dark hair of the night…
…waves like a pirate flag in the wind. Your soul’s right there – in your body bag. The dark hair of the night…
April 2005
(TWO SIDES)
…sides. Things seem to
have at least two…
…sides. Things seem to have at least two…
April 2005
(TWO WORDS)
…led to a speech.
You wrote two words.
They led towards
two more words, which…
…led to a speech. You wrote two words. They led towards two more words, which…
May 2005
(AROUND THIS PLACE)
…of it. The sky
is wearing a dress
of darkness by
a house of glass,
stone and steel
somewhere around
this place you feel
in the background
silence that’s there
when no one’s aware…
…of it. The sky is wearing a dress of darkness by a house of glass, stone and steel somewhere around this place you feel in the background silence that’s there when no one’s aware…
June 2005
(HARD TO TELL)
…dream you’ve already had
sound like a farewell.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell
a goodbye from a bad…
…dream you’ve already had sound like a farewell. Sometimes it’s hard to tell a goodbye from a bad…
June 2005
(HISTORIC FIGHT)
…and turned into a part
of many a work of art
about the Alamo night.
In that historic fight,
many a bleeding heart
stopped. Many were torn apart…
…and turned into a part of many a work of art about the Alamo night. In that historic fight, many a bleeding heart stopped. Many were torn apart…
June 2005
(ON THE OTHER SIDE)
…on the other side
of the nighttime machine.
Someone seems to be seen,
though he tries to hide…
…on the other side of the nighttime machine. Someone seems to be seen, though he tries to hide…
June 2005
(THE FIELD OF YOUR FEARS)
…onto the field of your fears.
These shadows have lived for years
in a flat where lights seem
to go out like a football team…
…onto the field of your fears. These shadows have lived for years in a flat where lights seem to go out like a football team…
June 2005
(CRAZY)
…around after
your crazy laughter.
The wall is grayer
than a thick layer
of snow. The ceiling
seems to be stealing
your mind’s attention.
You want to mention
it to somebody.
But there’s nobody…
…around after your crazy laughter. The wall is grayer than a thick layer of snow. The ceiling seems to be stealing your mind’s attention. You want to mention it to somebody. But there’s nobody…
July 2005
(IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING)
…in search of something that cannot be seen.
There is a shallow shadow on the wall,
looking for someone’s recently lost soul.
You change the channels like a snake the skin…
…in search of something that cannot be seen. There is a shallow shadow on the wall, looking for someone’s recently lost soul. You change the channels like a snake the skin…
July 2005
(SOME DREAMS)
…to have some dreams
that are insane.
Watching the rain,
somebody seems…
…to have some dreams that are insane. Watching the rain, somebody seems…
July 2005
(THE TRACK)
…each train of thoughts on the track
to something you don’t understand.
Your brain begins to black
out in order to end…
…each train of thoughts on the track to something you don’t understand. Your brain begins to black out in order to end…
July 2005
(TO SAY A WORD)
…before. Try to say a word
that has never been heard…
…before. Try to say a word that has never been heard…
July 2005
(AFTER THE RAIN)
…the rain starts after the rain
stops again. And again,…
…the rain starts after the rain stops again. And again,…
August 2005
(A STREETLIGHT)
…you see a streetlight
and shadows that fight.
Deep in the night,…
…you see a streetlight and shadows that fight. Deep in the night,…
August 2005
(AT FIRST)
…out of things that are free.
At first, you lose just one.
But then two lead to three
and so on till you run…
…out of things that are free. At first, you lose just one. But then two lead to three and so on till you run…
August 2005
(UP TO GOD)
…again? It’s got
to be up to GOD.
Just how many more
mornings must we
witness before
we become free…
…again? It’s got to be up to GOD. Just how many more mornings must we witness before we become free…
August 2005
