The Breeze Sings

in the forest

outside my house

and its music

has a flowing beauty

and I am reminded

of my life

and time

how I have grown

from a baby

to a man

and now the wind

makes a sound

of great delight

and the birds chirp in joy

and then the air is silent

and strangely I feel

it is able to see

what I write

and understand it

and I know what

my avian friends

are saying

Dominic Dominic

brother we love you

and I say I love you too

and then I remember

my neighbour who

died yesterday

how gracious he was

in his manner

and speech

and how he suddenly

left this world

I think of him

and his white shirt

his white lungi

his white mustache

and I look

at the blue sky

outside my window

and the white cloud

floating there

I somehow feel

is my late friend

and I ask him

hi how are you doing

and he smiles and replies

great!

The Evening Is So Peaceful

I can feel the Earth rest

in the dusk

I experience

its comfort

in my body

in fact I become

one with the world

as the birds chirp

and the wind blows

and I feel it is all

part of me

and a dog barking

down the street

feels like the moment

is forever

its innocence

is the air we breathe

and the beat

of my heart

is joyful

life’s great moments

and then I realise

why this is so

the evening

is an old friend

from long ago

and it loves me

like a brother

and later at night

the moon appears

who is my lover

and we make love

under the cover

of the dark sky

in each other’s arms

melting in such

an ecstasy of kisses

the stars shine

and smile

in silent happiness

and every heart alive

who feels this love glows.

So Many White Birds

fly in the bright blue sky

they look so beautiful

and the green forests and mountains

shine golden under the sun

the breeze blows and leaves dance

sending me into a trance

and my mind is a transparent thing

that is what it seems like in my head

and episodes from my past play like video

and I am sitting on the floor of my house

as a child and the old green cement

is so translucent it has turned into an ocean

below me on which I float

and I feel like a magical creature

not the boy I am

someone high fiving the stars as I pass by

and I know all of them so well

my dear friends I love so much

with all my heart and every living thing

and dead that make the cosmos

I embrace like a brother

we are all the same and here is my heart

take it hold it in your hands

and feel my joy.

The Sun Is My Brother

sitting with me here

on the porch

and the shade is my sister

sheltering me

all the time

and the Earth is my mother

feeding me freely

with love

and this Universe

is my father

I feel his frequency

and the wind blows

like a song

and the leaves of the trees

are the singers

and it is so beautiful

these small orange flowers

dancing on the forest floor

before me

and a yellow flower

and those red flowers hanging

and the roses behind me sway

and their red is so beautiful

this town becomes paradise

and when the birds chirp

the music inside my ears tingle

and just then the baby next door cries

father father she howls as she screeches

and then suddenly she goes silent

and I hear my heart’s calm connection

to the world its quietness its peace

it partakes freely like the air I breathe

and in a moment I get the whole thing

I am the heart of the cosmos its king

and I feel like I can do anything

and just at that moment

the crickets begin to sing

and happiness carries me on its wing

and with my laughter the whole world begins to ring.

And I Am Held

in the palm

of the mountains

who happily

blow air on me

and laugh

like I was their child

and the blue sky

bathes me everyday

like a mother her baby

and now I feel

such happiness

the birds begin to whistle

and it sounds

like the most beautiful voices

I have heard

and the trees tell me

Dominic Dominic

you were always

one of us

our brother

we welcome

with open arms

and then my illness

is nothing

I tell it

tear away at me demon

take my life

because when I die

I will hear the silence

of absence

that has been nurtured

in my own heart

the quiet bells ringing

only I can hear

and I tell you reader dear

the most precious thing

in the world

is to live without fear

and greet death like

a lover as it comes near

and in deep love disappear.

Pain Is When You Realise

the world has no feelings

it cannot feel what you feel

and you feel sad

you always felt

the world was good

like a brother or a father

a companion

but now you feel

stabbed in the back

and what can you do

about it

you human

you mortal

and now you know

where you stand

in nature

as the birds chirp

you know one day

you will be silent

as a tomb

like going back

to your mother’s womb

there will be no more

world for you

there will be

no more you

and the birds chirp louder

over here

and I think about

the whole thing

about death

and for the first time

slowly I begin to smile.

Four Green Parrots

sit in the bare branches

of the tree before me

their beaks red

their sound is between

a squawk and a screech

and it is beautiful to hear

against the blue sky

and the way they fly

is also beautiful

like helicopters

and soon there is

only one left

in the tree

and I look at it

its deep green colour

its lovely shape

as it sits motionless

on that thin bare branch

against the valley

and its quietness

now is mine

making me calm

and mesmerised

and motionless

like it and

after a while

I want

to talk to it

so I say

hello brother

how’s it going

and I somehow feel

that the lone bird’s

silent joy is mine

and although

it does not say anything

it is signalling me

the same thing

without moving

the world is great

lots of love

and peace brother

I feel its thoughts

merge with mine

and I too can

now feel the same happiness

it feels

as together we watch

the green world

unfold before

our eyes

the mountains rise

and the forests

and the trees shine

in the golden sunlight

and as I look at myself now

I see green wings

instead of arms

and I take off into the skies.

The Night

behind my eyes

flows

dark and soundless

stars shining

moon silently watching

like a mother

calm as a cow

and the blue ocean

flows behind my eyes too

I do not feel its beauty

on my body

but I know

its power

I believe in it

its vast variety

of life

though I do not know

the language

of the birds

the signs

the animals use

I do not know

their scent

it’s as though

I am not part

of them

like I am dead

O how cruel

that is

I am their brother

but now I am

no more

there to feel

anything

now that I am

in this place

I do not know

I am lost to myself

I am not there

to be their kin

and I slowly find

my voice

going too

like my body

just darkness

and silence

where I was

inseparable from night.