When I saw the light in your eye go out
as you stared at me in silence, listening,
not rejecting, but not pulling, like a wood log on an ocean,
it pierced my heart as deep as the ocean dark,
so now I knew, I must walk in the dark.
7.8.2024
Tag: eye
눈
그의 눈은 그리 말하고 있었다 –
‘나는 알아 그 누가 뭐래도
내가 무엇을 해냈는지’ –
조용하게 또는 뜨겁게
그의 눈은 새까만 태양이었다.
1.10.2024
Staying awake
sometimes it’s just too painful
to stay awake and face the world
sometimes it’s too sorrowful
to witness hurtful signs of the world
but stand firms on your ground
stare square into the purple problem
even if a second slows to a full year
every moment will be worth it in the end
good luck.
3.3.2022
Eye
after dark night, if you haven’t drowned
in sadness, despair, and guilt,
keep your eyes, those eyes of a hound
doggedly hunting your target to full tilt
remember tonight, if you dare to fight
go full speed, without a flinch
give every shot with all your might
no regret, throw everything in one pitch
1.11.2022
Sword
live by the sword, die by the sword,
but the karma is a bitch
an eye for an eye, but
to do others as you’d like others do unto you
I had practice the way of the sword,
stabbed and smacking others
with keen words and sharp silences
I thought I had eliminated them
out of my life to face consequences
but the karma is a bitch
and I face torrential flood of silence
and rain of sharp swords
as I kneel down bleeding
from thousands of cuts
thoughts I saw clearer than others
see further into the future
deeper into the soul
but now a sniper has gotten me
haven’t I heard the phrase before?
do to others, as you want others do unto you?
have I been deaf? have I been blind?
yet why do I find myself at the shelf
of judgement, penalized for all I’ve done?
ah
now is the time for silence
and face the consequence
and pray for a providence.
10.31.2021
The end
Make it your friend, your tombstone
After all, it’s your last bed mattress
Laying your head for one last time
In the end, one must finally rest.
So now: strive. Invigorating heart
Widening eyelids, breath in scents
Of life, confess your love in human
Beings, swim upstream to flow of
Time.
Make your death
your friend.
Do not be afraid.
4.7.2019
Ralph with Coffee 