Chant Avedissian’s, from “Icons of the Nile”, 2010. Source: qulture.com
Allegiances
I am Destiny’s son
loyal by his side
(I never wander long)
.
Life is as remote to me
as Destiny is intimate:
an ache sweet and serene
.
When anxious, he gathers me in
promising otherworldly allure
outside all specificity
.
I honor him in all things
and he follows me everywhere
with eyes dark and tender
.
Surefooted and steady
threading through trees
I tread his black woods
.
In his night, I walk in light
in the dawning of understanding
and centered in his gravity.
.
What the Sunset Said
.
Something happened as the light was dying
it wasn’t just post-coital exhalation
where the once-possessed body is used up
and all that remains is bodiless trance
.
Rather, it seemed they were mirroring
a preternatural stillness,
two spiritual sentinels
transfixed and somehow Other
.
Science calls it “twilight calibrated magnetic compass”
yet it appeared beyond mere direction-finding
more a kind of existential orientation
consolidating all they knew, and listening
.
with their entire being, participating
silently, in a universal hymn
until they were pulled, as out of a viscous substance,
by the hungry cry of their nearby young
.
to become two feral pigeons, again
with this-world considerations
parenting, foraging, keeping alive
and, dazed, they consented to their stations.
.
Key-bored
.
drastic, plastic deity
in Electricity we trust
.
monitor our thoughts
save our lives
delete the hurt
start, again
.
online-lifeline
wired nerves
armchair travelers
pass the world by
.
ten impatient digits
frantic search engines
ravaged by a savage
boredom
.
world at your fingertips
(world is not enough)
brimming with longing
playing on unmusical keys
.
keys that open doors
to virtually Nowhere
virtual relations
virtual destinations
.
Real Time
.
crash on information highways
get lost in cyber space
caught in world wide web
.
mouse scurrying
dancing in place
Life is one click away
click click click, again.
