This inhuman need
for people washed away
by words and vanity.

Threads worn thin
against the curve of continents
and breadth of borders.

That which I expect; notions of intimacy
torn apart by surprised thoughts,
beyond my control, beyond your sentiment.

Slowly, a sweeping emptiness,
black like the kohl in her eyes,
begins to settle in the space
left vacant by a departed love and longing.

Munich 2006

A ray
of light
illuminates
my raw past.

——

So soon, so soon
my silent dreams
fell from the
premature skies.

—–

Look at our transient reflections
filled with a million lies
staring at us
like stuffed animals.

—–

At last
an emptiness
filled by
rippling applause.

—–

This red fire
between my lips
breaking down airy atoms
into elemental energy.

Füssen 2006.

Cologne 2006.

Berlin 2006.

…and I’m back. Sorry for the lack of new posts but was traveling all over Germany & Austria and only returned yesterday. Here’s wishing you all a very Happy New Year folks! Hope you all have a wonderful year ahead and thanks a lot for your regular visits as well as precious feedback here. Now I’ll go and get on with the processing of the tons of photos I shot over the trip!

In the space
between your fingers
I found
a silence sleeping.

The interplay of roving fingertips
awakened hesitant speech
and, now, the frost lines along my eyes
and inside my heart, marked by the long freeze, melt.