Author Archives: montecyril

They came from Taurus  They were kind and generous  I felt the kindred love  My hand fit their glove  They showed me their starship’s berth  in the Atacama Desert  There was much they had to say to me  of how the world needs to be free  of the tyranny of man  of how the worldContinue reading “They came from Taurus…: A poem “

They came from a very cold place  Pink and blue on the face  My heart did not race  I was thinking of disgrace  They made their entreaties  I revulsed at them like a disease  When they told me of their wishes  I guessed they were from Pisces  I was not at words’ loss  when theyContinue reading “They came from Pisces…: A poem “

The constellations have borders  And their seemly orders  They would come in the night  And in plain sight  Their therapy of sound  had my body wound  Once, they attempted to drag my soul  out of my body, out whole  They were from Scorpio  It was my woe  For, their skulls and bones  didn’t match myContinue reading “They came from Scorpio…: A poem “

I am feeling wells in every pore  The lyrics fitting to the score  And though my fingers are numb with the season,  my soul is warm to an illusion  The letters drop from my page to the ground  And like falling leaves make no sound  But I hear their scratch in my mind  And theyContinue reading “An illusion: A poem “

I have fanned my fire  with an austerity of desire  Held the horn of the rhino  Tamed the bull in the rodeo  This wrought iron will  No connivance can distil  Resilience fits the bill  that even Satan can’t kill  My soul is no carpetbagger  Goliath can be exterminated with a mere dagger  My veins haveContinue reading “Wealthy in austerity: A poem “

I can bury the bones of sorrow  with the tired gasps of air I swallow  Today, I will like a widower brood  May that to you be understood  Grace’s buck in my desolate lounge  has collapsed to the ground  Though my stars are sublime, I need some time  to cleanse the soul of the dispensableContinue reading “Courage, tomorrow: A poem “