From the top of the lighthouse

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I am the lightThat shines in a streamAcross the sands of the beach,Making the grains glimmer.Running in circlesI shine on, to penetrateTo the end of the endless skyTill the depths of the ocean’s profundity.From the heights of the cloudsTo the heads in the crowdsI look, I peek, I search, I seek.My circles, they seem eternal;I seek their culmination.Myself, … Read more

Sustenance

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I am turning the earth outleaf and root, trout and sprout. Borrowing heat from fire, moisture from airwater and will, splendid fare. to my godI dedicate.myself,I vindicateof lack of expression;by silent devotion. first morselof the food, of the earthsustainingme, my god, mein me.

Yen

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This is my yen. The integrityOf a stolid treeThe candorOf the wind whispering with the leavesThe diligenceOf those very leavesThe freedomOf the cloudsThe responsibilityOf the earthThe trustOf monkeys on a mountain-topThe loveOf the rainFirm friendshipLike those of the starsPopulating my sky;My skySo high and pureAnd above everything else…My independent moonReigning in the shadow of powerYour … Read more

Necker cube

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Once upon a time – don’t ask me why all stories have to have taken place at some definite time in the past – my story is timeless, I think. Still, for the sake of tradition, I say ‘once upon a time’. To resume, once upon a time, there was a woman, not unlike a … Read more