Bits and Pieces

Summer, 2009

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The Rain as a Stream of Individual Beings, Full of Life.
by Avi


Raindrops are solitary,
sad,
immense -

their sonorous staccato
searches the wind,
and the clouds,
for a fitting melody.

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The Language of Ruins
by Avi and Rachel


A poet is -
a ruin

chosen for
the freedom of others

love
is the mirror

through which he escapes the pain-
rebuilt.

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Silence Prevails
by Avi


You are a delicate mystery

shrouded in thoughts, doubts, analysis

blooming in silence, just outside of gaze - that's when your quiet strength reaches out

establishing noble gestures

destroying light-weight simplicity

swirling, congesting into a tentative feeling

- an emotion,

an empathy

....pain moves in, predilected, ferocious, explodes into utter resistance, ocean pressed down to a drop

the heart trembles, silent, inadequate

thus -

Silence prevails.

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"Visitations"

(written by Avi Abrams, 2009)


Pale reminiscences of Grand Things
Cast shadows on the gray slab of reality
They linger... long enough for
For passing Wisdom to notice:
She watches wistfully their childish play.

This space is not going to stay empty long.

Still grander things will move in, with their mountainous bulk,
Engraving better - harsher - words
Supplanting
The crumpled sheet of wonders
That transpired before.

There is a place
In the sky
Where all unrequited love returns to.
Where it is known,
And sent out again
In fragile, shimmering visitations.

@2009