December 27, 2006

Of Smoke and Mirrors

smoke....born of the flame
a sign of smoldering embers
composed of fragmentary dreams

or a wind flown mist
of translucid rainbows
scooped up
from languid shores

hiding reason
or life's frailties
and adding a hint of wildness
to any dish

it's not a calculated obstruction,
it but wants those it has enveloped
to rummage for terra firma

and you can have dialogue
with it, if you only know
the screen's tattoo

now mirrors....

coat within
to recognize
planar counterparts

curve them
to espy
convergent caves
or intersecting vexes

glaze without
to inspect
parabolic light from stars
or the leftover crumbs of life

layer the lacquer atoms thick
and the dark will see,
the light are blind

bend the colors
to annihilate
or acquaint

but the special ones
oh, the special ones
they grant Aranmula's luck

so the question remains....
can wild light refractions
ever interface
with scrambled motes?
can confoundment
ever synthesize?

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