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(Poem)~ Rainbow Forest
(Poem)~ Pali
(Poem)~ Death-fear is put at bay
Rainbow Forest
Years ago a quasar was born in my heart
and took root in my soul. I met you.
Over the years, it's light and glow
has grown in beauty and strength.
Ocean waves striking the hot lava rocks below
Kilawea make a heavy wet steam.
The black sands, the hot molten rocks,
the steam make the power of the universe more tangible.
The moisture steam and heat create a garden
with rotting vegetation. The rot of dying things
make a fragrance which is sweet and intoxicating.
The floor is littered with rotting coconuts
from which sprouts begin their ascent to the stars.
The ground so littered with debris
like my heart when it shattered into a million pieces,
drifting away like the bubbles on the sandy beach
me grasping and failing to reach them.
I want to lie down
and become absorbed by this tropical forest.
What a flaw it had to have shattered so easily.
Moisture drips from my body my hair and shorts.
I don't know if my body cries, or sweats
or condenses the steam of the mists.
I am covered with billions of water droplets
as if the stars and galaxies of the universe
have recreated themselves on the universe of my body.
As the sun breaks through the steam,
striking the droplets they turn to diamonds.
The diamonds become prisms creating millions of rainbows.
I hear the haunting music of the Ancient Hawaiians
lifting my soul.
What a wonder to behold-my body
covered with diamonds and rainbows.
{WINTER SOLSTICE-1995...DAY THE SUN STOOD STILL}
{Donald Sanchez * 1995}
Pali
I HAVE DESCOVERED
FOR MYSELF
PEACE ON EARTH
THE OCEAN SPRAY AND MIST
CLEANES ME
THE STEAM OF THE COCONUT GROVE
AT THE LIVE VOLCANO
GIVES LIFE TO MY LUNGS
THE BREEZE OVER THE CLIFFS AT PASIL
BRUSHES MY CHEEK.
IT IS ETERNITY BRUSHING MY CHEEK
IT EASES THE FIERY PAIN THAT BURNS MY SOUL
LIKE LAVA FROM THE FIERY BELLY OF THE EARTH;
THE MOLTEN MANTEL THAT SEARS
MY SKIN AND MY SPINE.
THE HERBLIST SAYS
THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONOUS PLANT
GROWS NEXT TO IT
JUST AS THE FIRES ARE MOLLIFIED
BY THE BEAUTY
THAT COMES FROM THEM.
SUDDENLY DEATH IS NOT DEATH.
IT IS ETERNITY WHO AS A FRIEND
WANTS TO TAKE ME BY THE HAND
TO A PLACE OF PEACE ANSD TRANQUILITY.
{DON SANCHEZ}
Death-fear is put at bay
I WANT NOT TO DESPAIR OF ANYTHING IN LIFE.
I WANT TO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT.
WHAT I SEE, FEEL, HEAR,
AND WHAT I TASTE, TOUCH AND SMELL.
ESPECIALLY EVERY MOMENT WITH MY CHILDREN,
LOVED ONES, FAMILY, --EVEN PASSERS-BY.
TO ABSORB EVERY MOMENT OF THEIR CAROUSEL,
THE PARABOLA, THE DANCE OF LIFE
EVEN THE SIN OF THE SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES.
{DON SANCHEZ}
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