Longo-Geremia

Testament III Beyond this stare Forbidding There is a soul. Behind this glare Of steel and ice There is a heart Many times broken But still alive Inside these eyes Of cold indifference There is love and compassion. I am no mystery Just an ordinary creature Of the Human kind I share myself with... Sign in to see full entry.

WHEN WORDS FAIL There was nothing I could do Nothing I could say That would take your pain away. There were no special prayers No litanies No sacred incantations To exorcize the demons Inside of you. There were no words That I knew To comfort a soul lost in terror And Quiet a mind trapped in itself... Sign in to see full entry.

Hormones on the run Hormones on the run In flight Day and night Hormones raging Raging hormones Hormones in a rage All t he same At any age. The thrust to procreate Lingers on Even though we eventually forget The wherefore and why.. Those little ironies Nature plays On humanity An affectionate... Sign in to see full entry.

My Grandmother’s Garden II [Winter of 1947: Bronx, New York] Grandma Tell me Do you still see As I do The Christmas tree that mamma made For us Blinking colors red, blue and green Begging to be seen Behind White Angel hair and silver tears. Can you smell the bleeding pine Lingering As we Just you... Sign in to see full entry.

TESTAMENT II And I heard him say Lay me deep Deep In the earth Naked as I came Wrapped around myself Let my flesh decay Nature’s way Let me feel the heartbeat Of the Universe Let me know What mortality is. Don’t look for me I will be in f ading deams and memories Passing flames Of Love and gentility... Sign in to see full entry.

STORM RIDER [A metaphor] He rides the storms Of The North Atlantic Furiously Cutting through Water mountains Rising from deep Under Terror in the sea No sapphire and diamond skies No beams of moonlight Nor shooting star burning night Lead his way He longs see another day. Rider of the Storm Strong... Sign in to see full entry.

THE UNHOLY In a room dank and dark At the top of the stairs There was an entity Unholy Waiting Threatening this house And all that live Here. Paralyzed by terror and fear My limbs grew weak My heart cold There was no fire In my immortal soul Any longer Suddenly The madness of anger Took me A... Sign in to see full entry.

WATERMELON DAYS On those hot and humid days June and July My sister, brother and I Would sit on the curb in the city Watching the cars speed by Under the shade of Grandma’s Umbrella trees Hiding from a searching sun. I was the youngest of three. Then Grandma would bring for each of us A slice of... Sign in to see full entry.

THE VISIONS OF A SANE MAN I think I’m disappearing Losing Fading and melting Into regions unknown Irrational rationality Prisms Of syllogisms Premises false Clouding my thoughts. The mysticism of language The mystery of the metaphor. Clarity eludes me In my confusion Testing my sanity With visions... Sign in to see full entry.

FIRE AND ICE I enjoy earthly pleasures And Material things They never betray Or Go away Leaving me broken. I am a man of feeling and compassion An overwrought sensitivity A paradox and a contradiction I hate as intensely as I love But My love grows And Hate goes to indifference My soul cries With... Sign in to see full entry.