POETIC MIRRORS

 
{ “Awareness : He began to decipher the instant that he was living, deciphering as he lived it, prophesying himself in the act of deciphering the last page of the parchments, as if he were looking into a speaking mirror.” - 
Gabriel Garcia Marques }

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Poetic Mirrors

Who is Shams and who Rumi                                                          
is like asking who is fork and who knife                                    when apart they sing not a single song                                
to nourish my blood with verse and love

I, mercurial reflect                                    
                                                                                                      
Who is mirror and who reflection                                            
Is that me ? I ask you                                                                      
watching your slender bones                                                
move in soiled leather boots                                                              
your wild slow eyes reflecting YES !                                              
when a maiden across the room                                              
gives a wicked laugh of NO !   

I, mercurial translate                                                        
                                                                                                      
Who is this dissident beret alongside me ?                            
Is it me ahead on a future road .....                                                  
will someone stroke my back                                                         
give me ear, lip or cheek                                                                                   
urging my body to be young in                                                  
takkies and snazzy chamois jacket ?  

I, mercurial question

Aah ! Poetic Mirrors ! 
writing reciting assessing                                                               
give respite from a million images of Self                                  
as I circle an unveiled Flow of Fate                                               
fully awake to naked                                                                      
poet 

I, mercurial observe
catalytic

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