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Fiery Skies

Fiery Skies

The fiery sky softened by a
Haze of golden streaks,
Silent serene accord,
Majesty of floating clouds
Weaving rosy ribbons in the sky--
The departing day meets in a shade
Of the ascending crimson
A calm of an incoming night.
Over a fiery horizon darkness comes.

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Cain and Abel of September 11th

On September 11th, 
In the early morning, 
When my train stopped 
In the New Jersey fields,
I saw the Twin Towers.
Painted by sunrays
Into a golden tone, they were 
Climbing the New York City's
Peaceful blue sky.
Two magnificent monuments 
To able human minds.

On the wings of terror,
Propelled by hatred and revenge
Praying to their God of killers,
They came out of nowhere.
The barbarians.
Suddenly,
They came
Unexpected. 
Without any warning.
It was an early morning 
Of September 11.

In my office, a short distance away
I heard a sudden thunder.
My building shook up.
I looked through the window.
I saw people running away
Down Broadway.
White paper sheets were snowing 
Down slowly in the air.
It was a nice, warm, sunny 
September 11th day
When the downtown Manhattan 
Became hell.

The news soon came:
An airplane hit the North Tower, then 
The South one faced the same fate.
Standing on the street, nearby,
I saw the Towers. 
Bleeding fire, smoke was
Spreading through their wounds.
The fire was getting stronger but 
They still stood. Firm.
Wounded heroes.
Till their end. 
It was impossible to imagine
The horror of victims, their shock.
Their pain.
There was no warning.
Nobody expected it. 
It was such a nice, sunny, warm morning.
It was supposed to be September's
Another great day!

Suddenly I realized-- 
Something 
Went wrong with our world.
Apocalypse came.
Time was shifted back 
To the primitive ages,
Long before civilization began.
Long before people learned
The pain of unnecessary wars.
Long before Moses, 
Carrying stone tables with 
The “Thou shall not kill” commandment,
Came back 
From his meeting with God.

Then I saw nomads --
On camels’ backs,
Somewhere, in a desert. 
I saw --Cain,
Jealous for love of God,
Killed his brother Abel.

Bloody revenge -- 
Now, with weapons, 
Stronger then knives, one may kill 
Many more Abels and again, 
For primitive barbarians,
It is much easier to kill --
In the name of God.

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End of Summer

End of summer

The ruby soft wildflowers,
Jewels in the yellow summer field--
Buzzing honey bees are spiraling
Down with the flower falling petals.
The chorus of happy birds sings in
The emerald sky that is
Carrying trapped 
Rainbow rays of sunlight.
Sweet smell of the starburst earth
Spreads with the wind’s cooling breeze--
Mocking the bird’s laugh
In the endless sky.

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First Blossoms of Spring

First Blossoms of Spring                                                        

Displaying a pink cloud
of fragile flowers,
like a hopeful debutante,
an old tree put on a new dress.
Between fresh green leaves,
 delicate flowers look
 like colorful buttons 
fastened to the tree branches by
The warm hands 
Of spring.
Around, warm wind dances, 
embracing joyful tree branches.
Kissed by passionate sunrays,
they dance waltz with the wind.
Look..
 Busy bees arrived to kiss flowers.
And birds sing thankful 
hymn to spring’s glory,
celebrating moments of the beauty,
which too soon
will have to fade away…

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Insatiable Hunger

Insatiable Hunger                                                                 


Yes, 
The bread, salt, and water --
I had them every day,
and I took them for granted.
Instead, I was missing
soda, ice cream, and candy.

You were my daily bread,
somebody to whom 
I could confess
All my worries and hopes.
All the problems of my day
I could share with you.

Now, you are gone forever;
I hope that you are happy 
In heaven.
My daily bread is gone.

You were my daily bread,
somebody to whom 
I could confess
All my worries and hopes.
Somebody with whom 
I could share
all the problems 
Of my day.

Now, my entire life had changed.
This strange world around looks 
So empty.
And I feel an insatiable hunger.
Oh, God,
For how long it will be possible,
To survive only
On a soda, ice cream and candy?

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Painting By Words

I want to describe 
The stars as shimmering skylights 

The wind as a strong breeze 
Of an ocean's freedom 

Butterfly's slow flight 
For the sun's love 

Silently darkened starry night 
At an ocean's calm shore 

A fisherman who has found 
Safe harbor before a strike of a storm 

Mother's loving touch 
Of child's silky hair 

I want to describe 
Power and love of God.

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Childhood Dreams

Childhood Dreams

Sometimes 
I dream about the time
When being a child
Was so simple.
Dreams about an old home flow--
Bringing back Christmases,
While trying to play
An innocent child again
In my dream a red-nose reindeer
Takes me back home
Where my mother and father,
Long dead,
Are waiting for me
At the Christmas tree
With gifts of happy 
Childhood memories.

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Love Song

Love Song                                                                            

Leaving façade 
of dead shadows,
And fading memory 
of past failures,
I dream about tomorrow.
I will sail again to it
In a boat of forgiveness,
Singing about 
Everlasting love.

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Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune


Myself, rising into the sky,
Then bowing to the earth 
with a deep bow.

Flying to the top with joy
Then coming down 
with a trembling fear.

I look at the wheel of fortune
Time flies so fast. Too fast.
With my life swirling in it.