a sudden pang, I wore karma like clothes, I mistook your smile for a smile
regrets can burn a hollow man, like dead trees on May, shrivelled up
in here, nothing to plumb
now, only as passing you can offer a greeting, my shoes were unlaced
so I only heard you
half-talking; or so I convince myself.
Who am I to indulge in the prospect of second comings,
even Revelation hasn't revealed itself yet; or so we think,
do we treat yesterdays as guests
nowadays, no we don't, but we sing odes to it but only in passing, in late afternoons
when the road is gleaming hot only haze can exist, can't it,
the oxymoron of karma itself:
wear it like clothes that you can't see,
only when people say 'nice clothes'
because they have nothing else
to say at odd intervals. Didn't I mistook your smile for a truer smile?
Though I deserved that gut punch,
I did. A sudden pang.
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PoetryOur hearts are brave as fire, minds gentle as earth, dreams are fluid as water, and our souls are as free as the wind. (Poetry and Prose) #2 of the end-live-begin trilogy.
