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heartbeat

a collection of poems

The hammer

28/9/2009

 
The same force that scatters my clothes
Making it harder to pack
Sends children flying in wild directions
Leaving but suitcases, and promises.
The seed of this rock of smooth metal was sown
Earlier than anyone can remember.
This can't be wrong,
But good things turn wrong when time is short.

It is a gift to see your glass half full
More so to mix the passions you drink.
But the greatest legacy is the aftertaste
The state of mind, now changed.

Good stuff cannot be undone.
And this is good.

Cheers for now...

When I become a tree...

24/9/2009

 
...every line I describe
on any horizon
will speak of a journey
small flies and insects
housed in the cracks
nourished and warm

will sing the tale
of every leaf fallen
from dusk till dawn.

When I become me
time will release me
from pressure and strain

juices will flow
again
no longer replaced

neglected no more
the full flow
of nature's course.

Perhaps she will come
and sit beneath me

perhaps her warrior
will come to meet her

and stab my bark to impress!

But I don't mind.

I am a tree
I stretch my branches
I've had my chance
and now...

And now?

To sleep,
princess
my heart will be here
for some years still
to guard you
and then when
I'm gone
you'll find me
rooted
In the earth I adored
until it can feed me
until you can love.

I wouldn't want to live any longer.

Combat ready, 2

18/9/2009

 
Libertà
Il fatto di non averla
E di esservi abituati
Non può e non deve
Ridurre lo scandalo.


Beatitudine

10/9/2009

 
Sapere che i frutti nel canestro sulla tavola
il sostegno dei miei giorni
non sono un risultato mio
mi riempie di gioia.
 
Briciole
granelli
gocce d'acqua
e cellule
 
hanno tutti un angelo accanto
sulla superficie lunare.

The time bomb/Non lasciarmi mai

8/9/2009

 
The Doctor resets the
Countdown
You will insist on visualizing.
Till next time.

I hope there is no next time,
So
You
Can
Just
Live.

On the night

6/9/2009

 
I don't care about preparing,
Or the clothes, or how I get there.
I don't mind who's coming,
Or whether it'll rain.

Tonight I concentrate on the rest:

All that's left is rock and roll.

Visita dai nonni

6/9/2009

 
Si riempiono le mensole
E gli spazi vuoti di funzioni
Improbabili
Giocattoli
Rumore
Più del solito.
La sera stanchi
In silenzio
Si riposano
Dalla fatica della felicità.

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