2013-04-26

take-off

We went out on a bright day,
Rigged and bold, no more delay,
Inside the craft, shiny and new,
Thundering into the blue.

Powerful was the force we could feel,
Riding atop a tower of steel,
Carried by a pillar of fire
We took off, higher and higher.

And forever we fly,
We are coasting the sky,
Tearing pace as we blaze into space!


We had to wait, knowing the rules,
Timing was king, no place for fools,
Prograde to face we turned around,
Then we sped up and missed the ground.

At the height of our flight,
Once again time to ignite,
Trigger now the fire below,
Throw the switch, go with the flow.

And forever we fly,
We are coasting the sky,
Tearing pace as we blaze into space!

(2013)

2013-04-24

the shadow

shifting shapes are following me
recurring horrors, drawn out by the light
blurred movement near the edge
fragile boundary of the self
where the shadows lurk

whenever i stare into that presence
it gazes back at me
acknowledging my existence
denying my identity
laughing at my grudge

sometimes it grins smugly
the smile of mutual understanding
i am like you
you are like me
our fates are the same
our paths intertwined
there is no escape
where the shadows lurk

when i face them
when i fight back
when i evade them
when i alter my course
when i speed up
when i slow down
they gaze back at me
acknowledging my existence
denying my identity
laughing at my grudge

(2013)

2013-04-18

13

representation
how it feeds superstition
this is not thirteen


2013-04-17

12

you must depart now
for the glorious journey
goodbye, my dear friend


2013-04-16

11

the path to success
intuition, tossed aside
sometimes less is more


2013-04-09

10

eat, my little child
decay, my lovely orbit
ignite, my candle


2013-04-08

F

a friendly greeting
warm welcome, cheerful goodbye
the smile of the dead


2013-04-07

E

the future awaits
watch closely how it unfolds
peace, but a facade


2013-04-06

D

as the sand trickles
down, through, out, off and away
what else do you have


2013-04-05

eight minutes

I am dust,
Inevitable, yet essential.
I paint the night.
It is calm before the storm.

I am fire,
A summer's day on bare skin.
I give life.
It is calm before the storm.

I am wind,
Silent and gentle, even playful.
I ignite the sky.
It is calm before the storm.

I am light,
You have eight minutes.
I travel time.
It is calm before the storm.

(2013)

2013-04-04

for the world is hollow

Come, sit down at my side, listen to my tale,
You all know the ocean and the ships with sails.
Now you must imagine there's a sea around
This entire world here, hidden underground.

How could there be water below soil and stone?
There is only fire, as we've always known!
How could we be sailing when there is no sea?
You are full of madness, why are you still free?

For the world is hollow and we sail the night,
We're galactic nomads on a cosmic flight!
For the world is hollow and the legend true,
This is but a starship and we are the crew!


Heed the ancient writings and the past they show,
Everybody knew this generations ago:
Outside there is vastness, cold and empty place,
And I learnt the old ones called it outer space.

There are no such records of which you speak!
Listen to the high priests for the truth you seek!
Anyway you'll stop now telling us your lies!
Otherwise we'll show you how a traitor dies!

For the world is hollow and we sail the night,
We're galactic nomads on a cosmic flight!
For the world is hollow and the legend true,
This is but a starship and we are the crew!


And that day at midnight they erected stakes,
Once again repeating history's mistakes,
And that day at midnight the fire burnt so high,
In the ancient worldship, far beyond Earth's sky.

For the world is hollow and we sail the night,
We're galactic nomads on a cosmic flight!
For the world is hollow and the legend true,
This is but a starship and we are the crew!

(2013)

2013-04-03

dancing in the light of ancient mistakes

We can still see the two dead stars glowing,
Mournful echoes in eternal night,
Hear the message of tragedy flowing,
Lamentation's unstoppable flight.

Now the sphere of my guilt is expanding,
Slowly filling the whole Milky Way,
But the wounds will forever need mending
Till the time has come for me to pay.

Long ago I have been a crusader,
Giant ship, war machine, god of death,
Rapid killer and fierce persuader,
Distributor of heavenly wrath.

For principle's sake we were waging
War to foil our enemy's ploys,
Fifty years had the struggle been raging,
I stepped in, I alone made the choice.

We all knew that the fight needed settling,
By destroying no more than two stars
I was hoping to end all the battling,
Our first and most bloody of wars.

It was my antimatter eruption,
Fired during the ultimate clash,
Blinding light and then spatial disruption,
Billions killed in a massive white flash.


Soon the ghosts of the past and the ash of twin suns
Are the jury before which I stand,
I plead guilty at last to the countless lost ones
As I avenge them by my own hand!

At the end of my time I look back at a life,
The millenia may have been in vain,
I committed the crime to end decades of strife,
But caused so many souls only pain!

Now I cannot escape all these feelings of mine
And the outcome I should have foreseen,
There was future to shape without crossing the line,
Because ends never justify means!


Today people are peacefully living
In a galaxy free from all fears.
Vibrant memories, still unforgiving,
Have been burning for hundreds of years.

Down there people are dancing and singing
In the light of my ancient mistakes,
While they celebrate, I just cease.
Goodbye.

(2013)

2013-04-02

remember the stars

floating in orange silence
temperature gradient in fluid space
you complete the slow descent

as memories recede peacefully
and a distant longing fades away
you feel the warmth crawling
into the skin
into the mind
out of the light

eyes locked into a hypnotic stare
colors hiding in billowing shadows
repeating patterns in angular dreams
the moment expands
until the waves
gentle sounds at the boundary
hint at your confinement

the hand above you
it is yours
this is all yours
steaming pearls on pristine flesh
universes at your fingertips

return from the water
for a moment you just gaze up
no stars beyond the window above
yet out there, somewhere
somewhere

(2013)