the conjurer
his fingers dive like seagulls
swooping in mid air
a voice half gravel
half creme caramel
soothes and goads
like granny with a rough cloth
he washes faces in life
strain the ears incredulity
with incantations
rough and unpoetic voices
speak through floating horns
companied by sea swells
pungent curses rain as fire
upon a gapemouthed audience
all invisible worlds
shunned for niceties sake
pass before reluctant eyes
as his truth is painted over
by mechanics still
the beguiled wait
for the next sign
Conjurer
appeared suddenly
carrying human skull
played sweet hellish hymns
transfigured
CONJURER.
Conjuring up all the memories
Of past and future into present
Washing eyes with saline waters
To see clarity among the mists
Vista of tragedy in land stranded
Where downy fears ever abounded.
Give mind a rest, some space
To breathe out suffocations
Celebrating birth of a heart
In misty silvery undertones
A courage in projections to start.
CONJURER.
Conjuring up all the memories
Of past and future into present
Washing eyes with saline waters
To see clarity among the mists
Vista of tragedy in land stranded
Where downy fears ever abounded.
Give mind rest, some space
To breathe out suffocations
Celebrating birth of a heart
In misty silvery undertones
A courage of projections to start.
CONJURER
In imagined corners of her darkened room
My child sensed insensible terror
And her fear conjured danger and gloom
Since she knew not of her error :
For fear is the only darkness -
So we set about befriending the black
And understanding the starkness
Of mere light’s lack
With stories and tales of a burrowing rabbit
And other creatures feathered and furred
Who live in the dark out of habit,
Singing the songs of the sightless bird
Or of dwarfs toiling in a black mine
Deep down in the pitch
Looking for gold and diamonds fine
And not even seeing which is which
These leaps of her mind
Were the start of the light
Which helped her conjure and find
Imagined friends on the darkest night.
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