Baru Gobira Poems

Whose life was it that lies beneath a stone
Now unkept, moss, green with indifference
shadows haunted by unhappy sky
And breeze sweeping indifferent flies
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Go gently into the sunset
when you’re done riding the waves
Go gently away, once from the world of gaze
Cross into the tomorrows, without any disgrace
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When the mind is shattered by darkness
And light has flattered to deceive
I see earth spinning slowly
On a broken axle with ruddy hues
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At the edge of the seashore
hemline reaching well above the knee
Breath held, I behold the distant sea
stretching far beyond my mind;
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One bowl of rice
I offer for the kites
One bowl for begging
Other for rich spice
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Each hurt peeling
A never ending stream
Of waste
Still unreeling
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Are we truly alone
Is a question I have pondered
Even sleep drives thoughts
Chewing the living embers
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A spot the darkness called inside
Soon grew to make some smoke outside
Both mill and mall side by side
Soon banished darkness from the countryside
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I scoop the stars
Into my palm
In waters gathered from the storm
Each star
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Sitting inside the darkness
I step out, where else but
Into the hall of shadows
Searching a God.
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