MOON

MOON

there is the moon

there is the night

there is the quiet

that is not silent

speaking to the quiet

speaking in the silence

speaking with the night

there is the moon

night listens

in the music of the moon

and the rhythm  of silence

to the beat of quiet

to be the night

breathing the quiet

anticipating that silence

there is the moon

A. Mendoza, 4/2018

MOON

MOON

there is the moon

there is the night

there is the quiet

that is not silent

speaking to the quiet

speaking in the silence

speaking with the night

there is the moon

night listens

in the music of the moon

and the rhythm  of silence

to the beat of quiet

to be the night

breathing the quiet

anticipating that silence

there is the moon

A. Mendoza, 4/2018

when i get to 2oo

when i get to 200

they'll not ask for explanations

they'll think you already know

they'll just want to hear it recited

those things

they'll already

know

and then

they'll explain

the explanation

and reciting their knowledge

knowing already

those things that'll never be 

 or asked

wanting only to hear

those they'll not want to ask

for explanations

they'll just want heard

those explanations 

they'll already little 

know

when i get to 200

and the lack of asking 

becomes reciting

in that lack

and not seeking

then to explain 

the asking

when i get to 200

explanations already known

reciting for the asking

hearing that want

they'll not ask

and then

that surprise

A. Mendoza, 4-2018

when i get to 2oo

when i get to 200

they'll not ask for explanations

they'll think you already know

they'll just want to hear it recited

those things

they'll already

know

and then

they'll explain

the explanation

and reciting their knowledge

knowing already

those things that'll never be 

 or asked

wanting only to hear

those they'll not want to ask

for explanations

they'll just want heard

those explanations 

they'll already little 

know

when i get to 200

and the lack of asking 

becomes reciting

in that lack

and not seeking

then to explain 

the asking

when i get to 200

explanations already known

reciting for the asking

hearing that want

they'll not ask

and then

that surprise

A. Mendoza, 4-2018

ALLOWED ALOUD

ALOUD  ALLOWED

reading allowed

aloud

Kerouac-

Hafiz-

and in the in-between

Lorca-

in the night tales before bedtime

sweet dreams love

to the tango beat

swinging in stuttering circles

with those echoes pianissimo

in the moment movement

push from the diaphragm

in pleasure

pain

an echo from dreams

the sweet circle of love

a deep inhale

that can never be held

as herald to night

the diaphragm exhale

the stutter of movement moment

reading aloud

allowed

these in-between

Wwhish-pers

that sound 

of night tales 

a pleasure

a pain 

love

A. MENDOZA, March 2018

ALLOWED ALOUD

ALOUD  ALLOWED

reading allowed

aloud

Kerouac-

Hafiz-

and in the in-between

Lorca-

in the night tales before bedtime

sweet dreams love

to the tango beat

swinging in stuttering circles

with those echoes pianissimo

in the moment movement

push from the diaphragm

in pleasure

pain

an echo from dreams

the sweet circle of love

a deep inhale

that can never be held

as herald to night

the diaphragm exhale

the stutter of movement moment

reading aloud

allowed

these in-between

Wwhish-pers

that sound 

of night tales 

a pleasure

a pain 

love

A. MENDOZA, March 2018

THE EVE

THE EVE

sleeping by evening

up by AM

busy at PM

eating at evening

night reserved to watch

and see the sunrise

to witness night to day

living for the moments

of sunsets

the builder knew what he was doing

now following the ARK

and witnessing the dome

moving at the speed of eternity

catching every moment from the speed of light

in stillness

realizing

the Earth does revolve around us

and so do the stars

so many stars revolving around eternity

what does eternity revolve around?

And the moments

of sunset

waiting for the dome

of night

just to see

a sunrise

today

the Eve

12-31

A. Mendoza, 2017

THE EVE

THE EVE

sleeping by evening

up by AM

busy at PM

eating at evening

night reserved to watch

and see the sunrise

to witness night to day

living for the moments

of sunsets

the builder knew what he was doing

now following the ARK

and witnessing the dome

moving at the speed of eternity

catching every moment from the speed of light

in stillness

realizing

the Earth does revolve around us

and so do the stars

so many stars revolving around eternity

what does eternity revolve around?

And the moments

of sunset

waiting for the dome

of night

just to see

a sunrise

today

the Eve

12-31

A. Mendoza, 2017

8

 

8

the octave
8 notes
8 days of the nativity
a music and 8 in octets
the music of birth
2 bodies that make 8 limbs

one sound
the harmonies layers
4 twins
discovering enlightenment
in death
and living to talk about it
in the scales
of one and two

in the balance now weighed

for magic
and out of the hat
to discover enlightenment
and in the sound
above the layers
speaking in music
noting all 8

in 4 twins
dividing death from enlightenment
and living to talk about it
listening to the music
the birth in harmonies
layers of discovery
every octet one sound
the music of birth

and living to talk about it
the scales in the weight
and the magic two
a note 

an octave
in the balance
dividing from enlightenment
death

A. Mendoza 12-2017

 

8

 

8

the octave
8 notes
8 days of the nativity
a music and 8 in octets
the music of birth
2 bodies that make 8 limbs

one sound
the harmonies layers
4 twins
discovering enlightenment
in death
and living to talk about it
in the scales
of one and two

in the balance now weighed

for magic
and out of the hat
to discover enlightenment
and in the sound
above the layers
speaking in music
noting all 8

in 4 twins
dividing death from enlightenment
and living to talk about it
listening to the music
the birth in harmonies
layers of discovery
every octet one sound
the music of birth

and living to talk about it
the scales in the weight
and the magic two
a note 

an octave
in the balance
dividing from enlightenment
death

A. Mendoza 12-2017