HARMONY

HARMONY

to take every sound

and

make a rhythm

to fling at death

a roaring

a thunder

against the darkness

wonder

that counter point

a harmony

with a beat

felt in the silence

a breath

a whisper

a tapping

touching timing

like a rolling surf

across pebbles

uneven rattling

into a harmony

a thunder against the darkness

a roaring eternity as rhythm

a harmony

wonder

to fling at death

as counterpoint

the drum

against the darkness

a taping

a whisper

that touches in time

an uneven surf

against the pebbles

a harmony

A. MENDOZA, 2017

HARMONY

HARMONY

to take every sound

and

make a rhythm

to fling at death

a roaring

a thunder

against the darkness

wonder

that counter point

a harmony

with a beat

felt in the silence

a breath

a whisper

a tapping

touching timing

like a rolling surf

across pebbles

uneven rattling

into a harmony

a thunder against the darkness

a roaring eternity as rhythm

a harmony

wonder

to fling at death

as counterpoint

the drum

against the darkness

a taping

a whisper

that touches in time

an uneven surf

against the pebbles

a harmony

A. MENDOZA, 2017

COLOUR BEGETS COLOUR

Why concern for destiny

where there is only the moment

where there is only the living


colour begets colour
sound begets music


a theme that beats
moments beget living


destiny begets emptiness
not completeness


the living is forever
the string that is music


that knot of finality
chooses silence


as it whispers by
there is no concern
in a breeze



A.MENDOZA, 2017

 

COLOUR BEGETS COLOUR

Why concern for destiny

where there is only the moment

where there is only the living


colour begets colour
sound begets music


a theme that beats
moments beget living


destiny begets emptiness
not completeness


the living is forever
the string that is music


that knot of finality
chooses silence


as it whispers by
there is no concern
in a breeze



A.MENDOZA, 2017

 

@Last

It helps to be

non-white
and Catholic

the last death

is easy

it’s the first that’s hard

peeling the apple

to the core

‘til the onion layers

expose an empty middle

and tears

it helps

not to worry

onions grow again

seeded apples

multiply

while feeding the birds

and the small rodents

as the bugs

break bread

it’s never hard 

to be first

when at last

it helps 

never to worry

peeling away

the core

and expose the tear

to empty

to peel

to the layer

and multiply

at last

A. MENDOZA, 2017

@Last

It helps to be

non-white
and Catholic

the last death

is easy

it’s the first that’s hard

peeling the apple

to the core

‘til the onion layers

expose an empty middle

and tears

it helps

not to worry

onions grow again

seeded apples

multiply

while feeding the birds

and the small rodents

as the bugs

break bread

it’s never hard 

to be first

when at last

it helps 

never to worry

peeling away

the core

and expose the tear

to empty

to peel

to the layer

and multiply

at last

A. MENDOZA, 2017

Curvaceous

 

in a discovery 

light

through darkness

long and short

the strings

touching

and not connected

curvaceous

not tube 

not pipe

holding only themselves

to and end

not even

pathways in the threads

always equal

never the same

floating in the darkness

and a discovery of light

a curvaceousness

untouched

a string

a discovery

a darkness

though the light

end to end floating

pipes in the darkness

holding only themselves

even

 A. MENDOZA, 2017

Curvaceous

 

in a discovery 

light

through darkness

long and short

the strings

touching

and not connected

curvaceous

not tube 

not pipe

holding only themselves

to and end

not even

pathways in the threads

always equal

never the same

floating in the darkness

and a discovery of light

a curvaceousness

untouched

a string

a discovery

a darkness

though the light

end to end floating

pipes in the darkness

holding only themselves

even

 A. MENDOZA, 2017