Carpe Diem

break free from the shackles
of tradition and time

let your soul rage
under the glorious light

breathe in life till your nose bleeds
of raw harsh reality

sense every grain of soil
that shifts and grinds under your feet

titillate over the sharp quick kisses
of the cold night breeze

suspend your naked soul
unto the silver evening orb that calls upon it

tremble, quiver, break...
let loose your weary spirit


(360.c)
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Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

- Mary Oliver, The Summer Day

Girl with a Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer)

the power of her glance
bridges oceans of time.
a quiet understanding
of sorrows unwept;
of desires silenced.
secrets of the soul
stilled in her parting lips

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"...Love can be understood
only 'from the inside,'
as a language can be understood
only by someone who speaks it,
as a world can be understood
only by someone
who lives in it."

-Robert C. Solomon
Love, Emotion, Myth and Metaphor

Daybreak

Yesterday's shadows washed away in dew
Life in the threads of sunshine
A cold whisper rippling through the grass
Petals in a sleepy stretch,
not quite open, not quite closed
A mystery waiting to be probed
Life waiting to be plucked

(360.b)

360

A little bug was whizzed across the street
Then it happened --
It glided across the obsidian road
With a quick smooth turn
It crashed on to me:
"What am I waiting for?"
The car stood motionless
But I was already moving ahead

(Sunday, May 14, 2006 12nn
Reading-Tylersville)