A Dream of Salvation

For many days I walked

Farther than the eye of man could see

Farther than the people could fathom.

Passing through sand and dissipating stone

I find myself near the ledge of a  mountain 

And take rest on a rock.

My body whimpers under the beat of the sun rays

As it was mid-afternoon 

A time of discomfort in the heart of the desert.

I rest my head

An instant that rekindles a flame in my heart

The one that brought me to this place.

I am compelled to close my eyelids; to pray

I send my signal toward to universe

And abandon my own line of thought.

I ask for the blessing

That I may help the people suffering

In this land of the world.

From the elevation of this place 

Where land looks like split lips and blood

Where the people starve even in the light of day.

I request with my own heed

For the sins of all people

That lay silent in the heart of the land.

Given the grace of connection

I acknowledge God and I am ready

I ask to receive all the pain.

All at once, I feel what the people had suffered from

So that their hearts would love 

And their bones would stay strong.

As a servant of the Universe

I came from a light to fill the gap

Between the common and the extraordinary.

To decipher that we are created equal 

But not the same

As I ached I took the depths of all.

For a moment there was peace
For a moment the Earth took rest
For in that moment I was the salvation of all.

12/17/2012
~ B

A Sleep Story

Laying properly on my side

I am awake in my mind, 
I am awake.

My mind leads me to a field.

In the distance,
the sun dances off a house.

Inside I see a familiar face
Many children

This house keeps me for the night

I lay down to sleep

But my body is restless

So I wander outside
And gaze upon a sea of stars.

A pond is what I drift to next.

I stare into the water

as a man interludes me.

A writer, a husband, a cross dresser

He approaches in heels

From his jacket he pulls three majestic stones

‘Take these to the end of the world’ he says

Handing me the glowing rounds, he dissipates

This image leaves my eyes

I become a visual movement of my own

I watch as I turn to the edge of the pond
Placing two stones into the Earth

But the last one I want to hold

I bring it to my mouth

A lush bite is filling

Unaware I have traveled back to the house

I suddenly realize what I need to be doing

In a moment I am running

Time is not closing

My mind is

I trip into the water

Reaching out my palm
With the round that is left

Dipping my soul into it

As the glowing rounds circulate the Earth

My mind flows into the stream

My consciousness is awakened.

12/11/12
~B

Hypnic Jerk

A lesson learned

A story told

Let the prophecy unfold

In the nights around us

Listen for a melody
That can carry a soul

I hope this one speaks to you

Hear me in the brim hours

When you look at no one to hold

And you blink heavy

Not a thought in mind
Carried into sleep
By this gentle rhymn

And you begin to drift

Where did everything go?

The question is to you

The answer is unknown.

12/11/2012
~ B