Monday, May 30, 2005

The Sunrise Chaser

Sleep comes to me in broken pieces now
I purchase it cheap at the wholesale store
I wake up early mornings: no matter how
much I want, sleep will come no more

So I sit in my window long before dawn
And wait for him to appear out of the night
With the first glitter in the dew on the lawn
The sunrise chaser rushes to welcome the light

He runs around the world following the sun
His face aglow with the joy of a new start
And though today I am too feeble to run
I chase the sunrise with him in my heart

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Evil Musings

Happiness is inherently perfidious
It brings envious onlookers to doom
Like canned laughter, which is hideous
When the TV is in the other room

Monday, May 23, 2005

A Phonecall To The Weather Department

“Hello. Is that the weather department?”
“Yes madam. How can I help you?”
“There is something strange happening here
You see, we finally had rain this year
Your scientists said it was long overdue
I was stuck for two days in my apartment!”

“That happens, madam when the rains fall.
What exactly is it that’s bothering you?”

“The smell, Son. That lovely smell. It appeared
just before the rain, and the air was smeared
with sweetness, it was magic all through
And it slowly faded till it wasn’t there at all.”

“Ah madam. That is the smell of the earth
As it receives the first drops of rain
It’s a wonder you never smelled it before.”

“Oh wonderful! I couldn’t thank you more
Ah! I just have to try and I can smell it again:
that musty scent of an impending birth.

Just one more question comes to mind
The raindrops in my desert land are few
But there are places where it rains all year
Does the earth smell sweet perpetually, my dear?”
“It does madam. Each time it rains anew.”
“Ah well, praise the Lord. He is kind!”