Grainy Wavering Amber & Out

Copyright © 2010 Ernest Bloom.

you're
absent: cruelty vanishing
hole in the shape of a person

and
nascent: credulity sadly
flickering as your infections worsen

and lingual double-dipping
your best inflections
crimson dripping
call me when your shadow
casts a body

so okay: then
hasta la bye-bye
wish you'd ever known

me.

Being

Copyright © 2010 Ernest Bloom.

And sometimes
We feel the flow all around us like
Clear, rippled water over rocks:

A sequence of infinitesimal instances carved this way
Out of eternity.

In one transformative moment,
One surprising transitional fluctuation between
What we think we know and
What we know,
The curtains part on one
Crystal-clear vision:

How anger and judgment cloud the mind,
Twist the mind,
Finally enslave the mind,
Abolish equanimity. But now

Greed's defeated by generosity.
Anger to compassion yields.
And ignorance fades before wisdom's
Dawning morning light.

Good Luck in the Darkness

Copyright © 2010 Ernest Bloom.

Good luck in the darkness
And in the evil wind
Take a candle with you
To see you home again

Gossip will rock you
Good luck in the darkness
Rumors may shock you
Abandoned and friendless

Iniquity's long arms will
Reach out for you
Good luck in the darkness
Whatever you do

No mortal power saves you
Nor your cunning and prowess
When the Devil enslaves you
Good luck in the darkness