as god is my witness i am invisible

2006-04-06 Thread Alan Sondheim

as god is my witness i am invisible

vanquished every second from the presence of sight
evanescent site and languorous possession
god is my witness and god will lean back
god's breath is visible through eyes shut tight
at the center of every lotus my empty hands
my bony hands my hands of many bones

my hands are insatiable my hands drink the sound of the world
they strangle young peddlers and seize their bread and water
these words write themselves in the sound of an unknown language
the steep road passes through jungles of iridescent flowers
my palms press my eyes my eyes press my palms
unseeing unlooking unsounding the presence of hearing
the presence in the sight of god of an always dying man


Re: as god is my witness i am invisible

2006-04-06 Thread Sheila Murphy
Wow, Alan. Thank you.Alan Sondheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  as god is my witness i am invisiblevanquished every second from the presence of sightevanescent site and languorous possessiongod is my witness and god will lean backgod's breath is visible through eyes shut tightat the center of every lotus my empty handsmy bony hands my hands of many bonesmy hands are insatiable my hands drink the sound of the worldthey strangle young peddlers and seize their bread and waterthese words write themselves in the sound of an unknown languagethe steep road passes through jungles of iridescent flowersmy palms press my eyes my eyes press my palmsunseeing unlooking unsounding the presence of hearingthe presence in the sight of god of an always dying man