Baru Gobira

A face with a nose rubbing the car window
A gesture accompanied by a futile plea
Pressed against glass and beseeched by one
Who may be accused of withdrawal symptoms... more »

On a winters day
Walking through deepening mist
Naked earth wet grass kiss
Anklets tinkle like soft windchimes.... more »

I scoop the stars
Into my palm
In waters gathered from the storm
Each star... more »

Confined for reasons
Other than credit card dues
Forced to flip-flop o’er floor & spice
Confined to messages and ringing notes... more »

SomeWhere inside me, lost
In misty folds of time,
Soft falls the sound
Of a child’s anklet, tinkling, gently... more »

The Tip of a divine fulcrum
Knows not the weight on either side
But balance it
It must... more »

A thousand eyes from the mist appear
From cold blue wreaths inside a mountain stream
To descend on the plains of sacrifice below
Merging moving tree tops, with ash blown fields... more »

Go gently into the sunset
when you’re done riding the waves
Go gently away, once from the world of gaze
Cross into the tomorrows, without any disgrace... more »

July2010

The beauty of a cup scarred
By a slash of the painter’s brush... more »

Ask a street florist the way to peace
He will sit you down
Sip Coffee
And expound... more »

I saw the clouds form a blanket
Over earth & rust
Some trees smelt the air above
A gorge saw a waterfall... more »

I have not seen the dew
For much of the grass is paved concrete
I have not seen freshness so green
Since plastic choked earth and water serene... more »

When you’ve lost that which was there
Much that you said had not been fair
The Sheppard had left his staff for repair
The bells had gone silent... more »

Let there be light
And there was plenty
But that’s not true
Let there be gold... more »

A spot the darkness called inside
Soon grew to make some smoke outside
Both mill and mall side by side
Soon banished darkness from the countryside... more »

One bowl of rice
I offer for the kites
One bowl for begging
Other for rich spice... more »

When the mind is shattered by darkness
And light has flattered to deceive
I see earth spinning slowly
On a broken axle with ruddy hues... more »

You should never have covered it with a shroud
Hoping to find a cage of darkness
With an invisible lantern
Singing the song of light.... more »

Every face hides a secret
The eyelashes bat once in acknowledgement
Shared and yet hidden
Longing to be released... more »

Come my avian friend
And watch me through
the chain metal fence;
as I wonder, what climes... more »

The tree has not yielded
The seeker, fruits of the field
The seed has not sprouted
Under the harvesters steed... more »

Sitting inside the darkness
I step out, where else but
Into the hall of shadows
Searching a God.... more »

Are we truly alone
Is a question I have pondered
Even sleep drives thoughts
Chewing the living embers... more »

Hurry, I must leave soon
For there is a shoulder on which I have cried
And I must go
With head held high... more »

Where I the music
Or the reed
I would float in the wind
Across centuries... more »