A PROUD MAN
If on the ground a proud man dropped his heart
He would not stoop down even to retrieve,
But yet the nasty man, unloved, would not steal
His mother’s heart to save himself, to grieve.
**
DRUNK
Away from my home I am drunk alone,
I close my doors in any person’s face;
I speak unto the chairs and walls at home,
And argue with my cup to my disgrace.
**
DON'T GO AWAY
You are but purity, a candle in
A monast'ry, a lily envied by
The flowers and your presence brought me joy
And blessing, so don’t go I need you nigh.
**
THE THIEVES OF THE DISTRICT
The gallows, if erected for a while,
For two of three months and, of course, not more,
We would get rid of all the district’s thieves
Who had been stabbing all oppressed of yore?
**
SECRETS
What did the bird reveal to that lily?
About our love, and rashness of our youth?
What business such of the bird to tell
Of secrets, to reveal the very truth?
**
THEY STOLE HER
They, treacherously, stole her from my arms,
And her eyes were dimmed by her flowing tears,
And I said to her quietly, my love,
Shall we yet meet again, I have my fears!
**
ADDICT
An addict who drinks poison and madness
And gets merry and dreams then of the world,
Is like a monkey, licking a file then
And chokes with blood, such foolishness unfurled.
**
AN ANGEL
I love you just a much as sea and space,
As much as moon, as much as the great sun,
Or darkness, I saw you when I saw light,
As in a dream. I still dream, angel one.
**
If on the ground a proud man dropped his heart
He would not stoop down even to retrieve,
But yet the nasty man, unloved, would not steal
His mother’s heart to save himself, to grieve.
**
DRUNK
Away from my home I am drunk alone,
I close my doors in any person’s face;
I speak unto the chairs and walls at home,
And argue with my cup to my disgrace.
**
DON'T GO AWAY
You are but purity, a candle in
A monast'ry, a lily envied by
The flowers and your presence brought me joy
And blessing, so don’t go I need you nigh.
**
THE THIEVES OF THE DISTRICT
The gallows, if erected for a while,
For two of three months and, of course, not more,
We would get rid of all the district’s thieves
Who had been stabbing all oppressed of yore?
**
SECRETS
What did the bird reveal to that lily?
About our love, and rashness of our youth?
What business such of the bird to tell
Of secrets, to reveal the very truth?
**
THEY STOLE HER
They, treacherously, stole her from my arms,
And her eyes were dimmed by her flowing tears,
And I said to her quietly, my love,
Shall we yet meet again, I have my fears!
**
ADDICT
An addict who drinks poison and madness
And gets merry and dreams then of the world,
Is like a monkey, licking a file then
And chokes with blood, such foolishness unfurled.
**
AN ANGEL
I love you just a much as sea and space,
As much as moon, as much as the great sun,
Or darkness, I saw you when I saw light,
As in a dream. I still dream, angel one.
**
