Now that we are here, come, let us talk…
Now that we are here, trembling with rage, let us talk about a silence that throbs in the dark; a fertile silence that crawls like a snake in a cage – hissing – ‘I am blessed, my colour is NOT black’ Let us talk about black, where silence was born, the black where you, […]
Overheard
The moon says to the sun: ‘Let’s meet at midnight to admire our shadows; come, listen to the tone of the fugitive sound as water makes sand from the rock of sorrows’ The sun, speaking in elongated silences, replies: ‘Quiet, little light; do not flaunt your borrowed shadow I am the giver of light […]
You Came to Where you Have Been
You came here, but here is where you have always been You have been here, not seen, not foreseen. Now we see your beauty in the crown of terror And yet, from dawn to dusk, our beauty hides behind a mask. You make Life, our soapy bubble, tremble in the wind Buffeted by […]
Do not be Crowned in Terror
My Daughter… Do not wipe the lonely tear as it rushes down your face in fear No! Let it yield to gravity’s pull I know it does not make you look cool! My Agemates… Ask me why my daughter’s cry makes me cry Ask me why my tear-glands are running dry Listen! I see […]
