I blink at you
in morose code.
A message that
you can’t decode.
Because you do not
hold the key
to The Rosetta Stone
in me.

Blinking in
and out of sight.
You disappear
out of my mind.
Only to yet again
appear,
from Devil’s eye
to jerk …

The flows of life
are turbulent..
sometimes
they bring
the both of us
together..
and at other times
they split
the two of us
apart.

One truth
is certain though
of all the blood
that courses through
the veins and arteries
of The Almighty God.
By universal will to life …

You know that
something has gone
horribly awry..
when on your name day
even king of all the jokers
doesn’t make you laugh..
but rather cry.
And curls your lips
into a bitter frown
and not a joyful smile.

You may as well
call off the court
physicians..
for …

Have you ever
tasted of rose hips?
They leave
a honey-suckling
aroma on your lips..
that drips,
as if sweet nectar,
from a butterfly’s
proboscis tip.

If only I could
capture droplets
of that moment
in a flask..
with a hermetic
seal upon it
to preserve
its fragrance..
make …

Oh Solomon The Wise..
The builder of God’s temple..
And the lover of his
oh.. so.. many
lovely wives
and concubines.

Was he not speaking
truest wisdom
when he said..
The Lord sees
into hearts of
everyone who liveth..
in the land of the dead.

But is it not …

I promise you,
the proof is in
the pudding..
but first you gotta
eat the meat!
Don’t worry
Crimson Rabbi
saw to it
that all is kosher..
he made
the pudding
dairy-free
for you,
indeed!

So much can change
in but a year..
What wouldn’t have
I given..
just to end up
here?

I would’ve given
everything..
which is, indeed,
exactly what
I gave.
And in The End
what was I left with
in exchange?
Only The All
for which so many
countless …

Nobody makes me
feel a love as tender..
In truth,
nobody comes
anywhere near..
to what I feel
when I reflect
upon The Rose..
The One I hold
next to my heart,
gently and dear.

We had to learn
so much about
each other
to get close.
Traverse
so many …

Ask, and thou
shalt receive.
For, it is true..
God has a lot of
love to give.
Pray not, however,
just to open doors
through which
His love to take.
For, prayer is
much like
all other forms
of love.
It’s only truly given
if you give it freely …

To those
who long for me
right now,
but every time
that shit got real
between us,
way back when,
they left..
who wonder
whether
to come back
into my life
again..

I’ll make it easy
for you..
Simply don’t.
Most likely
bulk of what
we shared
was …