Rejection

“Oh! I don’t think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about.” Oscar Wilde – The Importance of Being Earnest I don’t needYour apologetic smilesNodding of your headsAnd tolerant silenceMuch preferThat hidden disdainIn your eyesThat moral superiorityYou show me offWith every figureOf your bodyLanguageKnowing thatI masteredYour … Read more

Return of the Queen

Music for the Queen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb3_e52oTHk My Lady JaneOh, Our LadyHow elated Thou return us madeWe were truly struck with painYour deposition made itSeeing your short accession fadeThey took You from usAnd told us it was doneSaid You were executedYou’re gone forever and thusThe mention of You is banAnd memory of You – pollutedAnd proclaimed … Read more

Behind the eyes

“The moon’s reflection on the rippling water – how it moves my heart” Ryōkan Taigu – Japanese poet and zen monk Music accordingly by The Who – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmbCOMM8peo It’s strange…That persistanceOf my feelingsAbout YouYou have done muchTo deterMy affectionAnd I have done My bestAs wellI knowI’m notWhat you wantAnd I knowI’m notAnd I’m not probablyWhat … Read more

Zen

“Under the cherry blossomsstrangers are notreally strangers” Kobayashi Issa – – translation: Zoria P. K. Music from beautiful Alicia Keys – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiEFQIb8TA Oh,I would be ableTo defineYour beautyBut to goTo the depth of The phenomenonOf its powerTo analyse,To get it solvedThe mysteryOf your secret.WhyOf hundreds Pretty girlsI’ve seen this morningYou’ve gotMy entire attentionSparked that Divine … Read more

Hermes re-born

“You can’t run away foreverBut there’s nothing wrong with getting a good head startYou want to shut out the night, you want to shut down the sunYou want to shut away the pieces of a broken heartThink of how we’d lay down togetherWe’d be listening to the radio so loud and so strongEvery golden nugget … Read more

The lament of Prometheus

“The flames of destruction raged around the city, and the Trojans watched in horror as their homes and temples burned to the ground.” Homer – Illiad Book VI Oh yeah,I am usedTo titanic jobsBeing a Titan bornYou seem to be amused Yes, that chain always throbsLike a shirt still unwashed, unwornSo here I am chainedDeep … Read more

The End of Love

“I loathe my life;I will give free utterance to my complaint;    I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me;    let me know why thou dost contend against me.3 Does it seem good to thee to oppress,    to despise the work of thy hands    and favor the designs of the wicked?” Book … Read more

Rolling stone no more

“Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” 9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around … Read more

Daredevil

“Please, understand meI’m climbin’ through the wreckage of all my twisted dreamsBut this cheap investigation just can’t stifle all my screamsAnd I’m waitin’ at the crossroads, waiting for youWaiting for you (where are you?) No one’s gonna bother me anymoreNo one’s gonna mess with my head no moreI can’t understand what all the fighting’s forBut … Read more