Tehvitan Ibele

The sun came out today

The sun came out today.

 

The world of frost melted at my leathered fingertips,

Disappeared, the blanket of

lost

memory.

 

As those others freeze around me,

As I have always done,

I waken from my stony sleep,

Today, came out, the sun.

 

My appetite for appetite,

The softly sunburst clouds,

Come back in full illumination;

The sun, today, came out.

 

And so the frost and chill and cold

Are singed by passionate fiery rays,

And from the depths of my soul

A whisper of smiles comes:

 

The sun came out today.

On a Boat

He stamped his foot against the dampened wood,
The foam-drenched planks wavered only just
As he stared at me cold, with his wind-touched eyes,
And he whispered through his sighs--sighs upon sighs;

I'm on a boat
(I'm on a boat)
Take a good hard look
Because it might be very important.

An Apology

Ti pnias ot yas ttah lla ohw kwen em
Did ton kwon em lla;
Eht sdahow, sdahe, eht dkraened hksu,
Eht resis dna eht fllas.

Ron did tyeh ees eht fllaing srats
Ctsa ‘gniast a gsiltening mnoo—
Ttah lla tsohe srats tyeh did tub snihe
Rof wef beirf aetfrnoons.

Tuohgh bmale eb meni yb raf dna diwe,
Rof swohing tmeh tub hfla ym feca,
Eht fnartic tnruing fo eht tedis
Bilees eht fucosed iennr gcare.

Mksaed tey ym seffuring sluo mtsu eb
Rof nguaht lla fo eretnity,
Tub jtsu os lgno sa ti wlli teka
Ym hraet ot rcaeh sti hemo.

Mist

A curious mist descends quietly upon the eucalyptus trees,
Mingling with the stripped bark,
Calling to its same.

Smiles

He only smiles when it rains.
The droplets patter--the sound of familiar friends.
All around the world, a pleasant shade of gray.

Sleeping

I have been asleep for longer than I can say,
And if you've tried to wake me,
I apologize--I've dreamt for all my life.

With each new day I feel a sense of waking,
Weaving each breath into the next,
Always moving with the sun.

I have been asleep, my friend,
But I am now awake:
Let us sit beneath the moonlight together.