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UNBEARABLE DARKNESS OF NEAR VOID

UNBEARABLE DARKNESS OF  
NEAR VOID

Unbearable darkness of near 
Void
when my Heart sits indigo 
at the back of my throat  
I see no endearing 
vacant eyes of guides
grit in joints scream 
generational curse 
which stubbornly brick 
build a house faraway 
as mental escape into
limbs to twine around 
clean waves caught 
on deserted beaches
humans trying to prepare 
for something they seek
somewhere in a future 
at the tip of a nose
penning Zen water time

So strange this time of change
when we know we cannot 
evade justice of timespace 
flames of distant dissolution 
Galactic Sun calling us to 
surrender to its melting
we wonder about other
hands or lashes or meals
listening to Seven Sisters
where comrades pour 
gentle wisdom edged
finger tips touching our
cheeks and hair silent

Voices falsely echo 
performance plans or 
contact counties for 
plumbing permissions
make no sense in 
coffee cup thoughts 

Who are we to question 
footsteps in caverns or 
in government corridors 
corruption or thanksgiving 
when these reflect minutes 
and themes we passed 
some time ago ?
Why do we re-read 
lessons for another 
like threshing corn
again and again for 
bread which is not 
for our cutting board 
to tolerate their viral 
pain in our own swollen 
fingers reconfiguring cells
to silence love aching 
fluid which will not move 
to sleep away until 
another wakes

Oh ! Darkness of  near
Void
swallow mind, toes, wind 
tick every crumb and crime
as love sickles time moving
standing still messaging 
Shaka Zulu and his impis 
watch resting guarding 
a foundation slab hastily 
laid as hide and seek
a usual ostrich trick
surfing experiences 

God patient nods 
“Wait” what else
I ask to sleep in
Darkness of near 
Void 
cannot instead
caress Awake
as profiles become
particles picnicking 
my constancy 


©GhairoDanielsPoetry&
Song2024

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