Buataisí Beaga

The fire seems to catch me by the boots 
And throw me upside down
I catch my breath
And then I drown
In the ocean of what we are
Cosmically, a star
Fluttering somewhere on the edge of what we know
I hold on because letting go
Isn’t an option now
I see you somehow
Through the smoke and fog
I throw another log
On the burning hearth
It keeps me warm when it gets dark
And you share this strength with me
As we fight, wilfully
Abandon all life thought to know
About twin flames in the snow
Finally, to realise
We both share the same skies

Cacophonous

The cacophony resounds in my bedroom

It plays to the sound of doom

And I try to run but I can’t get up from the bed

Til I peel myself away from it instead

As the many fangled locket dangles from the sky

Painting a different view, I don’t know why

As I try to overcome my flaws

I be the heat til the icicles thaws

But I’ve been so long in this state

I’m not sure that it would be great

To leave it all behind

The maya mind

And all it bequeaths

But I hear the call to kneel at the Guru’s feet

And you could call it many things

You could call it inside

It knows my name

And I’m terrified

To be the one to take the step

I don’t think I’m ready yet

But I’m pulled like a thread

Through the needle eye

I gave it up

And I don’t know why

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