(I)
where is the sky that fell into my birth
where is the window
where yesterday's rain is falling
how many branches and how many voices
does yellow shed in november
(II)
how can fallen rain strike back at lightning
how much earth must i lose
to wear the moon's white shoe
upon the death of the vine
shall my veins grow new wine
(III)
why is it yesterday's love
to mourn your seeds and small breasts
do you close your eyes
but never in my mind
how do i explain my death
without touching your body
(IV)
whose
hymns will i learn by teaching the flower
why
blood and moonlight weep
is
it better to awaken december's wounds
or
bring dead wings a dream
by
rhythm of sorrow or rhythm of snow
has
the world known your soul
(V)
how
is dust inside a child like sky among sky
how
does one gather seeds
that
have drifted into another day
how
pure must the wounding be
to
stop my knife from bleeding
(VI)
is
awakened the word
for
a seed that dies, then is sown
when
i believe in what wind listens for
why
does my nest unravel
can
anyone else open a poem
to
the fate of its reader
(VII)
how
many years have fallen
along
the path between two autumns
is
the leaf falling through my shadow
also
my shadow
and
when my rain bleeds to death
whose
poppies are fed
(VIII)
when will the shadows in your ocean
no longer wish to become men
and the silence of my trees
be fouled with the weight of wings
after life is shed, shall i swear the wind
will never lose sight of our eyes
(IX)
what do we know about the journey
when canyon smells of moon and mind
how does one search through darkness
for a midnight from the past
if the death i believe in also dies
where do black moths fly
(X)
why is sunlight within the sparrow
older than the sun
will the poem i am buried in
weave my final words
who must fall asleep forever
before the rhythm of breath returns
(XI)
how many quests for a second rose
stumble upon the dead
who shaped the songs in your cradle
to the slaughter of my trees
are you prepared to find your permanent home
within a heart that slowly dies
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