is the mind
how it brings images
memories music
conversations
kisses lovemaking
loathing fear
terror
murder playing
on and on
and war
fighting dying
so tragic it feels
to put yourself
in their place
and the mystery
what we don’t know
and sometimes
it is funny
it seems comic
this crazy film
that doesn’t end.
in the sky’s silence
and become one
with the universe
and I feel so complete
I am overjoyed
and flow like love
and the cosmos
kisses me
and we are entwined
like lovers
and our lovemaking
makes us transcend
ourselves
and till the end of time
happily we rhyme
and dance
not missing a chance
and life is beautiful
magical and wonderful.
because of the mountains
their relationship
with the sky
they are lovers
see how
the green hills
relax against
the blue azure
how they embrace
each other in love
and how their
lovemaking
lifts us into
the firmament
and we fly so high
we soar out
of the universe
and become joy
that you feel now.
because it is wet
and I feel its weight
on my body
and I feel
like an insect
trapped in ice
for 10000 years
and I imagine
life that would
have gone on
without me
the wars
the diseases
the deaths
the births
the love
the compassion
the care
the sun shining
everyday
the moon and the stars
glowing at night
the people
the lovemaking
and I feel like
a piece of wonder
a cry of joy
escapes me
and then
my happiness
is my laughter
blowing like
the wind
you feel.
in the forest
they fill my ears
with imaginary
red rosebushes
and the mountains
are green giants with life
in them
but I love the trees
the most
and the silver oak
and the orange
flowering tulip tree
sway in the wind
so beautifully
they entrance me
and I fall in love
with them
goddesses dancing
and I feel them
caress me
and with our lovemaking
we transcend
this world.
something that lifts
my heart into the sky
and the embrace of air
is love
and the warm sunlight here
is life
my life with the birds chirping
and my neighbours
one of whom is laughing
almost always
and the folks behind
my house
with their goat pen
and chickens
make this a lovely
neighbourhood
and the turkeys look
like small dinosaurs
walking over
my boundary wall
making that
echolike sound
and I can feel
the cosmos
in my breathing
like we were both one
as lovers
and my happiness is unbound
encompassing the universe
as we hold each other
and our lovemaking
lights up every heart
in the world.
Dominic Alapat 