Set aside thy lists,
calm busy thoughts
censure the process of unease
Forsake the thousand cares
and working of worries
that kill the heart
In the market of men
choose not a less perfect love
whom grace briefly affects
Let him not marry for an
alliance with authority
the warrant of wealth
or polluted lust
Let her not marry out of
a fear of long bachelorship
wicked spirit or tender virginity
for these are worthless bargains
Marriage cannot bind
the workings of thy thought
or the passion of the nuptial bed
Marry for love, breathe for love
that years of impossibly guiltless
comfort may be thy privilege
.
.
A song for this:
Today i met the boy i'm gonna marry by Darlene Love
The screams of the broken echoed forth
The pain of the wounded bellowed
We prayed for redemption
We prayed for silence
Firecrackers whirled in the distance
Ears ringing
Endless searching for hidden safety
Hearts beat in rhythmic panic
The world I once knew shattered in an instance
So this is what it feels like to be loved—
to love someone truly.
I long for thee.
Filled with quiet ecstasy,
I wonder what the days ahead hold for us…
I miss thy scent—
that quiet fragrance
that belongs only to thee.
© Rahim Moon 2026
It's comforting to shrink
Down onto a hard white surface
Ant-sized, running,
Dust for pebbles
Sunlight through glass
Clear boundaries
But room to move
Safe from sweeping forces
Go ahead and ask.
Answer: it's drying out
Direction evaporating.
Clear sky's a cage
See the giant birds
They're not happy
Lurking
In the shadow
Of the corner
Of the room
In the dim
In the gloom
Lurking
Waiting
In the shadow
Of the corner
Of the room
In the dim
In the gloom
Waiting
Watching
In the shadow
Of the corner
Of the room
In the dim
In the gloom
Watching
Me.
Bare in your sheets
The power shifts
Like god and Mary
Replace your lips
With cruel fantasies
I don’t care to admit
What they mean
This painful unease
Burns right through the skin
Of my knees
When you begin
To want what you see
To share your sin
So proudly with me
Leave your comfort
Depart your home
No excitement awaits alone
Stroll along, to the streets
For there lies fun
My only warning is of too much
People may stare but this is no issue
They grin with delight
Your appearance brings a new light
Do not fret
Their malicious gaze
I'm sure they'll take you to a wonderous place
Just be silent
Now stay still
Go to sleep
Forever mine now to keep
Seemingly
Imagination
Creates stories
Over and under
A story appearing..
Evidence of something
New creeps in..
These are seeds of a
Perennial search for
Completion.. unease
Over what seems
Happening...
Thousands of drops were suspended outside the glass creating a haze,
Which gave the one that blurred his vision a chance.
It tickled while sliding to his chin,
Giving him the chills of unease,
It left his body aching and wishing
Someone would wipe it of quick.
This time it was okay
If his collar got wet,
Even in a red light
The glass to his left
would leave all
the gazes
away.
Am I in calm?
Or am I in unease?
Never have I felt in peace
More than ever
But with it
The rising waves of anxiety
The collision
Between the tranquility and apprehension
Can’t seem to find my place
Time seems to drip slowly
Into the next day
The drip drips
Irritating my mind
Inner peace inner peace
They say
But how can I
When everything is in imbalance
The scale is tilted
Tilted to the other end
The precious marbles falling
Falling and shattering
To pieces
To pieces
Infinitesimal pieces of shards
Can never turn back into one
But we can create something new
Create something more beautiful
Than ever
A rainbow of scintillating slivers
A fine powder for fairy dust
Who knows
Maybe we can fly
To our Neverlands
Someday
Soon
Often we feel
Things are unglued--
Nothing is real,
And it all seems so strange.
Faces conceal
Moods misconstrued;
Voices reveal
What our words cannot change.
Can you feel?
Unease surge,
Killjoy spills,
Raw nerves urge.
Can you taste?
Unease cuts,
Anxious haste,
Raw pain guts.
Can you bear?
Unease stings,
Pain that tears,
Raw stern fling.
Can you mind?
Unease hurls,
Harsh sure bind,
Raw touch curls.
Leon Enriquez
29 September 2018
Singapore
Unease can tease
Pain that brings ease
A certain peace
Unease can sting
As pain can string
A certain fling
Unease can bleed
A curious feed
A certain seed
Unease can play
As pain now pays
A certain stay
Unease can be
A touch that frees
A certain spree
Leon Enriquez
24 October 2017
Singapore
Unease
You see the illusions
Of the demented mind
Whining like a victum
When he is the perpetrator of the crime
I wonder if they see
How crazy they appear to be
Or do they wander inside their distorted minds
Blaming their own ignorance on others brilliant kinds
Whine whine whine
Why do they
Trumpists and gods poets
Why oh why the deceit and being unkind?
I take my wine with Jesus
St Patrick and the divine
After a few I used the plural
When the devil is but one with no rhyme
With Cork and Kerry
The Celtic poets get merry
Ignoring the ones lacking merriment and rum
Bitterness blaming no talent on others shun
Digging deep into Jewish bones
The ignorant lack the light and must be shown
Hurts and pains taunt as regrets style,
Urge joy to stay despite quirks vile;
Rupture spreads plain such teasing smiles,
Trust holds sad fray as gloom now piles;
Seek then a way to deal with pain.
Ask cheer to come to purge the gloom,
Note how joy plays upon new gains;
Dare then to sum new fare that blooms.
Pick pieces then with a new poise,
Allow your quest to start clear fest;
Ink where and when your happy choice,
Now look to jest to shape your best;
Start without fear for faith knows hope.
Treat troubles light with lovely face,
Ask happy cheer to echo scope;
Use ample sight to build grand space,
Nurture fine will to achieve more,
Treasure fine feel in inner core.
Leon Enriquez
30 July 2016
Singapore
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