Monthly Archives: August 2024

Cyclonic Mind

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where thoughts

blow around

so fast

everything

is a airy whoosh

of white

it takes such

a long time

for things

to return

to normal

so long

before

I come back

to myself

when I am

so happy

to see

this bright

red black

and brown

giant Malabar

squirrel

go past

my neighbour’s

verandah

and there is

Mani’s quiet

laughter

from his house

before silence

so pure

I feel I am

water

then this bird

starts whistling

and it sounds

so beautiful

so enchanting

I am lifted

into the morning’s

wet skies

where I flow

in ecstasy.

So Many People Are Turning Into Ghosts

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all around me

and there are

very few left

who are human

and they are

now close

to my heart

in the evening

the children sing

in chorus

making me joyous

but otherwise

it is crazy

the wraiths

walk about

and look at you

without really

looking

and that is scary

and they wander

onto their terraces

and get blown

away by the wind

and I listen

to the chirping

of the birds

who say

don’t worry Dominic

don’t worry.

I Need To Hold On To Something

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while I live

and I find this morning

the sky is the best thing

it is friendly

bright blue

so cool to grasp

I feel so happy

I begin to sing

and around me

birds flap their wings

and dance

sending me

into a trance

full of gratitude

that life gave me

this chance

and as I open

my eyes and look

others like me

are holding on

to the firmament

until all of us

are finally here

until our chorus

of joy

makes this our world

our freedom

our flag unfurled.

The Morning In My Eyes

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tries to calm me

the bird chirp

soothes like a waterfall

the sky wipes my mind

making it clear for me

to see the green forest

and amidst the horror

of history and life

I bloom like

my roses poking

their faces

out of my property

and my neighbours

are clearing

their property

of grass and weed

and shrub

with their spades

and Mani talks aloud

on his phone

to someone in joy

and the breeze blows

while in happiness

my heart flows.

Every Breath Brings Me Closer To The Sky

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the peace I want

is now in my heart

and my body feels

like air

in my eyes

there is light

so soothing

I can see the

entire universe

and it is so beautiful

it has this 

freeing effect

on me

and then I become

the cosmos

and I look at myself

from beginning

to end

and I smile

all the while

realising there is

no meaning

to anything

from nothing

we came

to nothing we go

ho ho ho!

How Disoriented I Have Become

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any physical activity

and my mind is clouded

over by chaos

and all that I see is white

unrolling like my brain

and I am in this lost zone

blown through

some strange space

where everything

in my head is coming off

and all my words

all my thoughts

disappear

and what

is this presence

I ask myself

and I feel like

I have been bombed

and it is my ghost

that is fading

from this life

and there is rage

and madness all around

and I am simply voices

that are not my own

screeching

and then

I am hurtled

towards burning

and ashen skies

and I explode

into the darkness

where I vanish.