Five points to this as stated thus… Five; to pick up things once falle… Four; to grasp all things from wir… Three; to greet, to cheat, and din… Two; to bind wild lovers with gold…

Tiny flashing lights Figures entwine together Closer and closer ‘closer than ever’ they say Beside our computer screens

Such an empty sky Countless pensive glances are Over and over Swallowed swift, before their time If only I could keep them

The spotlight glares down Bright, bright, sight, sight My cloak swiftly surrounds White, White, Swish, Swish, The fabric shell billows but stays

A sudden rain flux A faintly calling whisper To turn off eyelids Yet I cannot shake my dream For just another hour

Sweet little black box From metalic elogy Sleep now, sing no more

Bickering tree frogs Endless croaking back and forth Dream a soothing song One where two branches can meet In this capital forest

Ask me who he is A tall tree and branches keen words drop; leaves shaken I try to collect them all But forget them by the stream

Once my beating heart Matched steel drum lines to-to-toe Teaching metronomes But now my beat has fallen Into syncopated depths

I pray for the day When my mind is clear Silence, sweet silence Schemes and impulses forgone To live without a shadow

Self-expressional Crooked poster on the wall Self-intentional Will you shatter, will you fall? Who will fix your frame of old?

Archaic toiling Through endless character streams To drown deeper still Beneath black and white waters Until I breathe symbolly

Anticipation Generic butterflies swarm Twists, knots, fluttering They find no golden nectar Only number two pencils

My Grandfather’s last dream In a deep sea of white, heavy thun… Until a peaceful respite blinks What will it bring? Will the rain… With their piercing showers, will…