The Ice
The Silence the Eternal, the Mute,
The madness cute?
Who would bell the cat?
The Rishi, the Poet? -
The Scientist? -The Omnipotent!
The hum I muse, me the being;
Meek; icy, the transient;
The dew melting to be the moment;
The fragrance nebulizing
To the Note!
Who would hug the Contour?
The Nil-ness, the Null-ness,
The cipher, the Unsure? The
worthlessness!
Who would break the ice?
My lips, pale, dry an’ dense;
The tongue un-clever? Or
my in-the unclear!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem