The game

gambler by keid 89

Uphill Kinsley road in a house where no soul passes
we’re all naked playing cards with the demons and the horses
and I dare you throw the dices in the middle of our game and score a five,
for heelless whispers without name may take your purpose off it’s way
and retired pastor’s preaches describe good reasons to remain
to put your boots aside and come and play with cards and chains…

Old floor screeches and there are steps in the dust
nothings moves through the cloud that nests in the house,
the furniture is covered by blankets that long lost their white
the stairs are heavy under memories that fell off your hair
and you are in bed with a ghost that did not even start to smoke,
and the carpet is gone between midnight and again…

Stick-figures are hiding aces and queens in the paintings below,
the gramophone box speaks in a thong that isn’t taught anymore
and there are dots and lines and the Pharaoh’s eyes on the walls,
the postbox outside is filled with grains of sweat and stories of war
and the bus never stops and the yard is a savanna of sorts
and you my friend have scored a five and forgot to ever go home…

Testament

Oak_Moon_RHind

Desenați peste mine prieteni o cruce albastră,
în loc de nume scrieți pe brațe haite de stele din noaptea nunții noastre
și alături de mine să duc jertfă căii nevăzute semințe de arbori și alte necuvinte,
iar voi îmbrățișați zorii că atunci se preschimbă roua în aburii de pâine…

Am să mă întorc în altă dimineață,
sub mâna marelui Olar ce mă recheamă din cenușă,
cu brațe noi din carne și piept cât să cuprindă zări unite de speranță,
cu vise nestatornice și nevoie cruntă de întrebare,
străin între toți și necunoscut de uitare…

În marea noapte, Luna e un felinar de seară
și nevăzutul se transformă în ziua lungă ce-o urmează,
cu duhul dezgolit și stâlpii sprijiniți de brațe mii cu fețe sute
și de veșnicii copii ai gândurilor noastre…

The End

Creation of Adam

Here it ends,
the road we took upon together so many worlds ago
and all the chatter that was sent both ways from ears to mouth,
the crystal egg cracks open for the dragon to arise,
to burn to ashes once again The Queen of Hearts…
I thank you for the love and thank you for the hate,
for days of endless wonder and nights of unpaired bliss,
I thank you for the words that always shared your soul,
for the music and the dance and the taking as a whole…

Here it ends my love, the morning whispers and the evenings on the call,
it’s the end of disagreement and of any dream we shared
and the things supposed to come shall never be the same,
nor secluded spots we loved, nor the two day drives…
And I thank you for the love and thank you for the hate,
for there’s a right time to feel each one of them as much,
a time to seek the wisdom, as well as time to let the heart rebel,
a time to walk together, and a time to walk alone…

And here it ends my love,
the rocky path we left behind with certitudes and question marks,
the unmet expectations and a little wood house on the shore,
the dog called Dog and the arch of roses by the porch,
here it ends, the world,
and I thank you for the walk, for always being on my side,
I thank you for the words and thank you for the thoughts,
I thank you for the time you took to hold my hands
and I thank you for the love and I thank for the hate….