Short Blanking Poems

A Zen Koan

Blanking out my mind, I lit a candle.
The flame burned low and chased away the darkness.

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Water

Water flowing down
babbling, full of joyfulness
giving life to all

Sun

Soul of life are you
blazing ball of sparking fire
lighting up our world

Clouds

Gentle clouds drift by 
casting shadows over all
blanking out the sun


written 08/21/2013...

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Madness
Mild Psychosis
Grips fragile Precipice
Escalating Insanity
Purple sirens poised beneath numb bleached eyes
Staring down white bulbs blanking glare
Piercing screams flip the surge
Neurostatements
Madness



© Kim van Breda – 27 October 2014...

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Where do you go when the night is too dark
     	covered in ink
	beyond the moon
       	obscuring the stars?
Where will you hide when fear descends
	past reason
	stealing breath
	blanking the mind?
What can you do when the pain is too great
     	beyond words
     	surpassing tears
     	past tolerance?
Nowhere and nothing.
There is only insomnia....

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Winter comes but once a year
Cold, dark, empty, clear
Lots of rain, calm and quiet, 
Then, snow...

Snow on windows, 
Snow on doors, 
Roads, cars, people,
Snow falling from the sky...

White and fluffy 
Cold and tingling
Blanking fields and trees
Pure white snow...

Snow melting, icicles dripping
Ice cold water flowing
Down the hills and through the valley
That's all the snow for this year....

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It hits me like a wave, churning deep within my gut.
Holding my breath as the situation sinks in.
(Climbing a stairway to heaven)
People staring, eyes peering, thinking of a way to get out
(drifting up in a cloud of smoke)
Pale face reddens as heartbeat quickens
(Flying away on invisible wings)
Running, fleeing, where can I go?
(End of the rainbow)
Dirt swallows me up, blanking my mind
(Calm, peaceful, no more worries)
Frozen in awkwardness, palm to my forehead
Stuck in reality....

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