Who Shines?

[tiredofvampires]

WHO SHINES?

 

 

Closed and shrouded

standing on its stem, to be

taken for dead in place

 

As a moon past its prime

gleams open the door of dawn

and exits stage West

 

Little crimson fist

unhinges its velvet vice.

Fingers creak

and relinquish.

Wave goodbye to the old

stars

 

Here is the New.

 

The Sun

with a washclothful of rarer

Jewels than any sapphire heart

 

And an ablution

in the Sanctum Sanctorum

of every Impurity

 

What can untarnish

This goblet?

Reverse the verdigris?

Coax the sod to open and soften

the fist to drop all its nails

and gather another palm

to its own?

 

The Magician,

The Medicine Man,

Lover to verdant jade Momma.

The Transformer,

The Unmoved Mover,

Heaven’s hydrogen teardrop

Whose salt feeds whales

and makes sanguine every capillary.

Ionic Chord singing

in the arteries of

every breathing being,

The Breather of forests

and Watcher over lightless grottos.

 

The Only Promise left,

The Suturer of cataclysmic lesions

Opener of Eyes --

 

the Sun

 

but

 

 

 

Who shines on the Sun?

[karvala]

Fascinating and evocative.

[Portage]

wowsers. You remind of another poster on here. And it is most definitely a compliment.

 

Superb.

[tiredofvampires]

You guys. Thank you, both...two people whose compliments sure mean a hell of a lot.

 

Yes, Portage, 'tis a very intimidating forum, this. But oh well.

[Dagless]

I love this. For some reason it reminded me of the John Lennon lyric "We all shine on, like the Moon and the Stars and the Sun"

I love that last line "Who Shines on the Sun?" great stuff.

[tiredofvampires]

Thanks, Dags.

 

You know, that last line has been in my mind for more than 2 years, that very line. I couldn't find the other words until now.