unlock the ancient mysteries!
windy day - stayed home all dayso happy to be myself again
catholic rule, secret buddhist chants
in a hidden language
the key, lying in the mind and breath
going to the café to unlock ancient civilisations:
egypt and india, mesopotamia and palestine
persia and tibet, arabia and china
words are freedom, and words construct prisons
words are loose and tight, misconstrued
words are freedom and construct prisons
do you remember the butterfly,
dying on the ground
in the summer heat?
do you remember the agony of birth?
and do you know the agony of death?
i want to strangle the ancient elements,
crush them in my hands
and build a new world
with their remnants -
a world of peace and tolerance,
a world of global communion,
where all have their needs,
no one goes hungry or cold,
and no one lies or cheats
from great chaos is born great tranquility -
stillness follows anger
just as student follows teacher
3/11/12
Poetry by Thomas Perdue
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Written on 2012-09-28 at 21:06
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