Quiet Brilliance

somewhere
a longing
deep inside
is identified
and my search
goes on
a desire
yes
somehow fulfilled
and the sparkling path
that I walk on
often without knowing
and fading into the sun
is always there
Quiet Brilliance
yes
Quiet Brilliance

© 2011

Dedicated to the comfort and peace of those suffering in Japan from the earthquake and tsunami.

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Finding Reality Once Again

I tripped on acid
once
and spun
around
until
I turned into
the Tasmanian Devil
from those
damn cartoons
whirling
and twirling
until reality
was just a blur
I kept this up
for several years
until one day
I had to stop
mostly ’cause
I was thirsty
and then
I had twisted off
so far from here
that I had to start
spinning
the other direction
counterclockwise
I think it was
and I’m still
kind of dizzy
now a backwards blur
I’m trying
to pinpoint
exactly where
to stop
so I can find
reality once again
In full circle
I wonder
if I really want to
find it
or not

© 2011

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

I Could Speak About Silence Forever

I breathe in
and with that one breath
                               I am free
Such is the power
of meditation

Oh.
I see the snares
I have set for myself
but ever mindful
of my own value
I step in them less
                     and less

I drink my tea__
and I share my tea
with the Buddha
            and we laugh our delusions away

I breathe in
and with that one breath
I am free
           I am nothing
                          I am peace

© 2011

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(Note to audience: I have been kind of quiet for a while – hope to post more often)

My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Shadow

First I see a shadow
Then I see it’s me
My shadow is a part
of my reality

2 stand in the light
I must accept
that I will always
have a shadow

And my shadow said
“move me”
“move me”
“move me!”

Everything has a shadow
unless it’s in the dark
Everything has a shadow
Everything makes it’s mark

The only time
there is no shadow
is
when it’s dark
Then light becomes the shadow

Have U ever seen a shadow of light?

Only when U glow
Only when U glow

© 2009

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Swim On

Pictures fall
to my twisted vision

A kaleidoscope
of memories
dance
and brainy thoughts
worm about
a backlash
of deep light

The hook
dangles
with conspicuous bait
and I am tempted

There’s always a string
Always pain
Yet I am tempted

I paddle through
confusion

Muddied minds
and thick waters
are not ideal
for living

I am tempted
but like a drooling fish
I swim on

© 2009

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Ghosts of Memories Past

Ghosts of memories past
cry forth from the shadowy
underbrush within

Ghosts of memories past
Oh! How could I forget?
Where do I begin?

Ghosts of memories past
It seems I know not what I’ve done
or where it is I’ve been

Ghosts of memories past
hidden behind veils and veils of blackness
known to most as sin

Ghosts of memories past
Merciless in their weight
Dire as tearing of skin

Ghosts of memories last
How I pray that they’ll stop
God, please let them end

Ghosts
of
memories
past
are steadily
haunting
me

© 2009

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Vacuum

I Live in a vacuum
RRRRRRREEEEEEEE REEEEEEEE
I Live in a vacuum
SUCTION !!!!!

© 2009

My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Eternal

I

Eternal
Eternal
No Beginning
Ending-Not
Eternity
Continuous
Eternity
Continuous
Eternity
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
4 Ever
Continuous
beyond imagination
Never-Ending
beginning-Not
Eternal
Continuous
Continuous….

II

No Beginning
Ending Not
Eternity Continuous

III

Continuous
Continuous
Continues
Continuous
Eternity
Eternal
4 Ever
Continuous

IV         ∞

© 2009

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Reality

Ossified
Firm
like my head
a rock is hard
a rock is dead
but strings
HANG
in nihility
and i wish that i could count
numberless numerals
like so many people i know
I could
use long
extemporaneous
words
but the four letter variety
seem to work well
Sanity
defined as
neurosis-free
Fuck
I Love
Reality

© 2009

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky

Wolf and Crow

I stepped upon
a crow feather
last night

Mere accident
I suppose

Reached down
to pick it up
then hesitated

uncertain
if I should touch

something
so
sacred

I thought of her
with her sly sunset smile

These thoughts
went many places

none of which
I shall describe here

I can only summarize:
She moves me

I have things
Not those kind of things
Other things
Things I dare not mention

Intrigue bites
and questions gnaw

to the onyx depths
of old bone

within the carcass
of this charcoaled relic

this grizzled hold-out
from a time forgotten

this bastion of the eternal;
Wolf

Majestically
he pounces into the abyss
stirring up snow

and
when he comes up
a soft look in his eyes

there

ever so gently
‘tween his teeth

he holds that feather
in his mouth

knowing it belongs

to his precious
friend of the wild;
Crow

© 2009

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My Only Weapon Is My Pen - The written words of one enigmatic lunatic known as DakaSky