Betrayal

Betrayal

Muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn
 
Like an owl in an ivy bush

A thievery's Latin

Punched to air 

A laughter to scorn

Using law Latin to justify

A Naso killing pace

An Elaine of ego

Pouring oil on the fire

An Elagalus

Of its own self destruction

A fool's joy

The Copper Captain Displays




 

Betrayal

Betrayal

Muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn
 
Like an owl in an ivy bush

A thievery's Latin

Punched to air 

A laughter to scorn

Using law Latin to justify

A Naso killing pace

An Elaine of ego

Pouring oil on the fire

An Elagalus

Of its own self destruction

A fool's joy

The Copper Captain Displays




 

Impossible Dreams

Impossible Dreams

There are dreams of night like choral music.

Filling that sound like a brush and canvas are our memories before us.

When we turn around we lose sight of what is heard. 

What we hear already has our ears.

Where the canvass is only requires that we see.

The quiet impossibility is the point, the effort is the fault.

There is no fault in impossibility.

 

 

AL  Mendoza
May 2016

Impossible Dreams

Impossible Dreams

There are dreams of night like choral music.

Filling that sound like a brush and canvas are our memories before us.

When we turn around we lose sight of what is heard. 

What we hear already has our ears.

Where the canvass is only requires that we see.

The quiet impossibility is the point, the effort is the fault.

There is no fault in impossibility.

 

 

AL  Mendoza
May 2016

DREAMS

DREAMS

Awakened prior to light

Prior to rising, dreams

Music heralds richer foods that will follow

Still air and patient reflection

Peacefully set out as a morning's meal

That prior to rising  dream

DREAMS

DREAMS

Awakened prior to light

Prior to rising, dreams

Music heralds richer foods that will follow

Still air and patient reflection

Peacefully set out as a morning's meal

That prior to rising  dream

Us Alone

"OF WOOD AND ICE" AL MENDOZA 2004

US ALONE

Seeing you now, the distance leaves only sight

a vision blurred by the years of the unseen

Hearing you now, the closest thing to contact are the vibrations

a distance covered by the heard 

Close are the sights and sound

Closer kept are the unseen 

The earlier smile has vanished

The clearness of eye clouded over 

Vibrations stilled 

Energy dissipated 

Close are the sights and sounds

Closer kept are the unseen 

The things of the intimate

Were events of decisions 

Possession of that touched

Sights and sounds missed 

Close are the sights and sounds

Closer kept are the unseen 

Past that distance where at the edges

That sound ignored 

That decision overlooked

That touch not held 

Missed sights and sounds

No possessions 

Energy dissipated 

 Closer than intimacy is the distance

Close to the sight and sound

Closer kept are the unseen 

Past that distance where at the edges

That sound is ignored 

Not ever heard by us, alone

Us Alone

"OF WOOD AND ICE" AL MENDOZA 2004

US ALONE

Seeing you now, the distance leaves only sight

a vision blurred by the years of the unseen

Hearing you now, the closest thing to contact are the vibrations

a distance covered by the heard 

Close are the sights and sound

Closer kept are the unseen 

The earlier smile has vanished

The clearness of eye clouded over 

Vibrations stilled 

Energy dissipated 

Close are the sights and sounds

Closer kept are the unseen 

The things of the intimate

Were events of decisions 

Possession of that touched

Sights and sounds missed 

Close are the sights and sounds

Closer kept are the unseen 

Past that distance where at the edges

That sound ignored 

That decision overlooked

That touch not held 

Missed sights and sounds

No possessions 

Energy dissipated 

 Closer than intimacy is the distance

Close to the sight and sound

Closer kept are the unseen 

Past that distance where at the edges

That sound is ignored 

Not ever heard by us, alone

AT FULL MOON

 

A FULL LIGHT

late is the early night
when at full moon
a full light

noon napping
nipping at sunshine
closed eyes to daylight


awaking at full moon
early is the night
a gauze of chill


humming night air
silent and rhythmic mix
as a gentle whisper


that embrace
that light
that awakening

that moon at full light

 

A FULL LIGHT

late is the early night
when at full moon
a full light

noon napping
nipping at sunshine
closed eyes to daylight


awaking at full moon
early is the night
a gauze of chill


humming night air
silent and rhythmic mix
as a gentle whisper


that embrace
that light
that awakening

that moon at full light

 

A FULL LIGHT

late is the early night
when at full moon
a full light

noon napping
nipping at sunshine
closed eyes to daylight


awaking at full moon
early is the night
a gauze of chill


humming night air
silent and rhythmic mix
as a gentle whisper


that embrace
that light
that awakening

that moon at full light

AT FULL MOON

 

A FULL LIGHT

late is the early night
when at full moon
a full light

noon napping
nipping at sunshine
closed eyes to daylight


awaking at full moon
early is the night
a gauze of chill


humming night air
silent and rhythmic mix
as a gentle whisper


that embrace
that light
that awakening

that moon at full light