1998.... while touring india.... exploring the town of rishikesh a popular hindu pilgrimage site along the banks of the holy mother…
Not a poem. I hurt; like a Frankenstein monster. Iron fist. Unrelenting.
I dreamed of being lost and trappe… in a land of angry fearful liars. There was nowhere to run or hide. I cowered cornered and exhausted, my back against the furthest wall;
Look out there, see them, boy ? They want yer juice. They’re dry, them circlin’ desert… All they want's yer juice, boy.
I am seven years old. My brother is ten. The beating was brutal. My brother is recovering conscious… I believed he was dead.
These words, gently laid upon this page, amount to my sincere prayer they reach within you, and touch your secret self,
Some time ago, I made my way down to the crossroads, to try my lucky hand at the devil’s gaming tables.
Neon lights buzzed in staccato out… Sleep seemed something I dare not… I took myself looking to ease my a… keeping to steamy side-streets and… heading for the part of town beyon…
Who of you will follow where I’m bound to go? None that I can see. None that I can name. No-one that I know.
Is there any way I might touch yo… that doesn’t skim right off the su… of your exquisitely contrived vene… Is there a plea which I might utt… that would stir you from within?
You think you know me, that figment dancing in your mind’… You think you understand me, that puppet dangling from imaginar… You believe you know what’s best f…
Why are you here ? Where did you come from ? Why have i been cursed with one so radiant and true ? There’s no time for your curious m…
I came to bless you with the mystery, and shine my light on you. I did not know you could not risk the light,
I am your greatest grandmother calling softly on the ocean winds. I was never lost to you forever, only swallowed by the other half o… Come down with me to the quiet pla…
The old man, who thinks he’s dying, approached me with these words. I am sorry
