Trails before me
The guiding light of all who look
The veiling dark betwixt each star
The crumbled rook
The waning breath of who we are
Or whom we mistook ourselves to be
In sleepless fantasy
Fades as voiceless memory
Gazes upon a faceless sea
Turning, we weep
As silent ends the dream.
Pierces, the waking
The heart stirs once more
Beating with fierce unknown fear
We stept once more thro' trouble's door
We make our way in lonely dreare
If happiness greets us,
We'll away from here,
But no eyes dare we cross, or meet
We watch the ground 'neath our feet
Lest it fall away on some nameless street
And we fall double lost
To the waves of defeat.
Stare up toward the star that blinds
Know that nothing in the null binds
That the rush of life
Are the flowers of the eye
Frail and intricate beautiful
But ultimately a lie
Dream bears more weight
Than you or I
And the hour is late,
I’m afraid.
your gaze hides a love
entrenched deep within your heart
peeking through the veil
a shy glance that holds my world
like dahlia blooms all seasons
Veiled smiles conceal a multitude of unseen woes~
inner turmoil, tear-stained cheeks, and layers of distress all masquerade behind a mask of joy.
However, gleaming eyes, gilded and glistening,
expose the truth that heartache’s hurricanes can not contain.
Like a thief in the night
academia
wears enlightenment
as a mask
hiding its true agenda
— a stranglehold on the truth
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
Tiny rainbows appear
On the wall and ceiling
Each sunlit morning
Reminding me
You are always near.
Just like fireflies,
A gentle reminder
Of the beauty
Of the spirit realm.
Just like music
That evokes
The etheric.
Just like dreams
That linger
After we sleep.
Or when light
Illuminates
Dancing leaves
On whispering trees.
We remember
Our loved ones
Just behind the veil.
Unknown to us are what we see,
Each day brings a door before us,
To unlock, with its unique key,
Unknown to us are what we see,
We face It headlong or we flee,
Amassing the superfluous,
Unknown to us are what we see,
Each day brings a door before us.
August 23, 2022.
Space flickers revealing what lies behind
Soft white light luminous
In parallel, we’re gripped in bliss throbs bind
Soma flow continuous
Magic of grace fortuitous
The plot thickens as our third eye glistens
Crown and heart join the dance
Pulse of magnetic love beats quickens
Mingled with sublime fragrance
With God, remains no distance
25-March-2022
Behind the Veil of Friendship
Your friend, walks very slowly behind you.
Seeing the harm coming your way.
His sword out, he protects you back.
And you know nothing, you are not even
aware of the coming whacks!
You have innocent dreams, that people
really do like you.
He knows far better, how bitterly some do
despise your poetry, too.
While you dream of the goodness of man.
He goes sleepless, in your defense, doing
all that he can.
Nobody will listen to him, in their expensive
pajamas.
But then, they are soulless, possessing
no trained nashama.(soul)
Thank God, for a friend so abundantly blessed.
Who far surpasses any meagre, friendship test!
Both evil and good, exist in man’s veritable soul.
My friend, is one, so courageous, hardly a gross,
self-seeking, popularity mole!
12/5/2021
behind the veil
you never answered back
tears still calling
or praying to forget
From Diletta 10/19/17
Gregory Richard Barden: Liberum Divisa 8 poetry Contest
11/1/21
If only for a moment you could let me inside
To see a great fortress, or hobbit hole where you hide
I won't be judgemental and play toying tricks
I just want a gander, see what makes you tick
Feel the pain of your sorrow, wicked past telling lies
Keeping you held at gunpoint by yourself stepped aside
Behold the rainbows and unicorns oh what a flurry of bliss
See I know you have self-pity a cacophony minds mix
Something awful and strange brought peace to your being
And it puzzles me so to see you standing there breathing
I really don't know why this happened to you
But I feel for you buddy even when you are rude
Making false accusations about nonsense, a ruse
I know something is wrong so stop hiding the truth
I can see all the way through you all the way to the roof
Where the shingles are hanging not a drop left of vermouth
Let me in for a moment, let me see, I won't bite
Just to glance at the person whom I reconciled thrice....
Hiding in the middle class,
I made my way through life
Looking like I had it made,
no struggle and no strife
Others couldn’t see it,
as it metastasized inside
A terminal metamorphosis
—hidden from your eyes
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)
Much of the time we’re faking it,
the airs we put on most false
Impressions made and set in jade,
green onions the main course
Our friends change out with stature,
as silver turns to gold
An alchemist’s dream, the grandest scheme
—our hearts once warm left cold
(King Of Prussia Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
Its a hard knock life
When doors are closed,
Got me feeling like Neil
Before he became strong!
And started Shooting at the sky...
For Dreams of the divine,
Moons, Now as I climax for my dreams.
To reach, first you gotta search!
For gold you gotta dig,
To begin, an end must acquire!
To start you must do...
To do is to will,
The will is the drive, and to drive
You gotta set your mind straight!
behind the veil of unending sky
a sparkling face of glorious Universe
a beautiful Queen within
million of galaxies' spin in rhythm
dances with celestial white noises sound
flushes an ecstatic heartfelt grin
Behind the veil.
Behind the transparency of blue
I reminise of love past and lost
Oh, how I loved you so.
Behind The veil.
How my heart over flows
from this cup of passion
and compassion for you.
Never to be experienced..
Beyond The Veil.
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