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Letters To My Son XLVIII

And when they ask you tomorrow about your dad, tell this: I lived. I was both good and bad.

The River That Flows

The River That Flows

And now, it appears the catharsis is coming to a close. I must start singing of a new day by tomorrow. It’s already at my doorstep; just need to open and …

Ah, already it comes,
Already I breathe easy …
Even the words – c’est change

Awake

The life of the Serengeti

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To The Lady XII

And then you came my way when everything was dark, gloomy and empty. Picked me up and breathed new fire into me. It was temporary, this you knew, this I knew, for the proper battle and the proper boon was up ahead.

Together, we trudged these sands, through crypts and sciroccos and now, I am here. We are. We have crossed many boundaries, crossed man seas, this is another threshold, but, I feel I have already taken it. Woman. Woman. Woman. And feeling. Assurance burns deep within.

What I have done. Where I have been.

The Evil of Night may be
The Good of Day.
Perhaps, it does pay,
Perhaps, it’s a game to play,
Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps.
Movement shows the way.

Wield Thy Sword

The assurance of woman. That’s what I needed. You gave me it.
The heart that will not go to sleep.
All these sexual dichotomies and their nuanced meanings.
Who knows the difference between the feminine and woman?

In the sombre night,
A hand descended – ghostly white,
A light for a path, a spark for a flame.
Now, a wreckage lays in waste:
Through brute force,
Subterfuge,
Overbearing passion
And wise sleight of foot,
The Hero slew himself:
The Hero was triumphant.
The Hero regrets nothing:
‘Twas all worth … it;
The Hero still has it.

The Burgeoning
Assurance

The limitless acceptance by one of another. Who can guess it?

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Letters To Mama XXXIV

Ever since that divorce between us, and my departure, it’s been this way.

And then the images visit upon me, images of far away, images non-real. Lifting me up into a world far away, yet, a mirror, of this one of objects, their relations, their forces and mutual impressions. Images of far away, tempting my feet away to a place far. My spirit swoons into that place, a place where I am king. I am here but not here. Then, after the business is over, I return.

The images, they beguile: as if I should physically remove myself but it’s only illusion and dream, it’s all symbol. The images, failing proper interpretation, are deceptive.

Ever since that divorce between us,
And my consequent departure,
It’s been this way.
Thanklessly, I go to the battle.
Thanklessly, I go…

Unknown – The Last Warrior
(Image: Leonid Kozienko)

The point is to stay alive, mama. The point is to stay alive.
With the promise of tomorrow’s resolution, although, tomorrow consistently undoes all tomorrows.
An eternal recurrence.
The suspenseful, tireless celibate.
Till death do us part…                                                                               …from life

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For My Allies II

And my driven hand shall slug up,But, it shall never fall short.We must be some crazy to survive;Embrace thy fate - mean it.The gallop continues.The Centaur - The Psychologist

And my driven hand shall slug up,
But, it shall never fall short.
We must be some crazy to survive;
Embrace thy fate – mean it.
The gallop continues.

The Centaur – The Psychologist

O, my allies, my most loving, most endearing, most close, most delicate, most slaking, most soothing brothers. Brothers written in time, brothers written in the sky, brothers written in the written, brothers, brothers, brothers, brothers down to the soul, brothers beyond mere earthly acquaintance, brothers beyond mere blood relation, brothers beyond sheer acquaintance. Brothers, o my brothers, I summon you…

It appears some of the collection was wrong. I may have misled you. They are not the answers we seek. Please, accept my sorrows for it. But then, if one does not try, one will not know. One will pass places and appear to have settled, only to be nettled and be itching to get up and leave. It was not. They were not for me, they did not have what was needed. But, for sure, we know…

And it shall be so –
Especially when one is different,
That even different won’t fit.
Many hills we will climb,
And many we will spurn.
The place is reached but, not;
It must be left for a new place.

The Alien Denizen
The Mountaineer

This is what we are. If it were not for that world of images, literature and icon mediating the worlds of illusion, dream and reality – that world of truth, knowledge and their representations – there would be nothing for me at all here. And I would pass away without a qualm at all.

Am I to blame for what I am?
This is that which I am.
I bear it with humble pride,
If you only knew how heavy it is
I must … bear it
That which I am

The Mystery Of Darkness

After all, I always said it, a monk I am, a monk till I’m a corpse. Will it be fateful, will it be fatal, will it be fitful or will it be painful? Only time tells these things, only time tells; even the eye that sees deep is cast blind by Time …

This is what we are.
It’s guesswork, in truth!
But, who are we to do different?
The place is big, Time is a master.
This we are…
Testers.
Students.

Researchers.

The man who will know himself never knows in advance. The man who will know at all never knows. He can never know. Does it mean we are tricksters, are we knaves, does it mean we are devils? This world of loyalties, norms, mores, complexes, religions, traditions, systems and extraverts. Would raze it all down if I had my way! But … my brothers, at centre, we are soft …

Therefore, let others bear their lovely fates, let others, yet, deceive themselves; let us bear our bushels, my beloved, innermost, brothers. Again I go, swiftly, back to testing.

If you don’t taste, if you don’t swim, you know not the water, you know not your fins and gills; and when the sea comes, how do you swim, won’t you fear to taste? A fish is drowned by his surrounding water but he scorns it, like a baby drowned in the womb, he scorns it, drinks, bathes, coughs and fights! Sheer destruction is easy, it’s for cowards; just conforming is sale, it’s for the spineless! A fish drinks, bathes, coughs and fights! Inhale all the world and rework it. This is my show, this is my world, this is my mind, this is my task, nobody else’s; will bother nobody else indiscriminately; all other objectives are secondary, sheer, mere, offshoots – by-products. Only by that does understanding come, for those of us who wish to understand and not just to impose or drag, crawl, through.

Sorry if any of your loved ones are offended by this, brothers, but, one must be true. Truth – the one thing that never backs down, backing all things. Let them say is what I say, let them say …

Fame and fortune are pleasant and useful but they matter little to me. Nobody tells me my worth. Call it solipsism, I don’t care: it is I, me – I am the judge. One

But, surely, it all turns out best.
Even in the illusion,
There were positives, surely;
In the end,
Everything resumes their proper sorting.
Coherence.

This Inner World.

This is quite the masculine missive.

Like the Seven Devils of Florence’s machine.

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Letters To Mama XXXIII

And, mama, I found her. I swear, I found her. She’s close, but far, somehow. But, I think I can bring her in. The Fisher. I don’t know how I’m going to but I think, no, I’m sure I can. Ahh … my assurance returns.

He he heNot the Heavens,Not the Chthonic Realms...Can stop me.Assurance(Image: Lisa Hunt)

He he he
Not the Heavens,
Not the Chthonic Realms…
Can stop me.

Assurance: The Fisher
(Image: Lisa Hunt)

I met her, Mama, I truly did. I always knew I would. But, it feels …

… different. It’s a tinge of surprise, a sprinkle of excitement and a tease of relief. Yet, these still do not get at what the experience is.

It feels, still …

… different.

Yeah, I know: it feels real; that’s the difference. I’m no longer in love with a ghost. I’m no longer a ghost.

With each roll of the dice of God. Each spin of the thread of the Fates. Each round of the planets, I get better. Ye-ah!

Warrior of Truth: my truth; all truth; objective truth; subjective truth.
Truth. As if I’m married to a witch … perpetually haunted.
What a complex life! But, still … I won’t live a lie. I won’t live in half. I will live all my lives right here, in however short a time, right here <<again!>> on these plains…

The lands of Earth, the pits of Hell, the vaults of Heaven, surrender…
…to me

Only the winds breathe,All my breaths, all my sensesAre inside, running deep,You can only feel the atmosphere of...Silent Victory

Only the winds breathe,
All my breaths, all my senses
Are inside, running deep,
You can only feel the atmosphere of…

Silent Victory
(Image: Adele Lorienne)

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