Longo-Geremia

ITALIAN BREAD I want to live above An Italian bakery Somewhere in New York City Taste the smells Of Italian bread The way they make it In Campobasso, Naples and Sicily My heart aches When I think Of Fresh baked cannolli Pizza rustica at Easter time Almond toast in the morning Lemon ice On hot summer... Sign in to see full entry.

THE ANGEL IN FLIP-FLOPS I dreamt I was Heaven bent T-shirt, Bermuda shorts Flip-flops on my feet When An Angel dressed to the nines Said unto me; You can’t come in dressed like that You’ve got to go back Lose the tropical ease Black tie only if you please! My resurrection was a given All sins... Sign in to see full entry.

THE DARKER SIDE OF THE MOON:: WAKES, FUNERALS AND FANTASY Flesh-colored pancake makeup Generously placed A Holloween mask On a face Frozen in eternity Ruby lips on a stiffened smile Chosen artistically To show us all There is nothing to fear in Death's call Still I never did miss The fantasy of all... Sign in to see full entry.

CONFLAGRATION There was a major conflagration Among the angels in God’s heaven That shook the Universe To the edge o f Infinity Evil fell to hell Perfection stayed behind There were major conflagrations Among the human nations In this God’s world That shook the Universe To the bowers of hell To the... Sign in to see full entry.

SILENT WAYS [REWRITTEN] Your silence spoke to me In your quiet ways Fear and confusion Tranquility and resignation Knowing and not understanding The insanity within Eyes asking to go home Again It was a rainy winter day Your mind suddenly clear Your eyes opened to say Pray For me. Each bead I... Sign in to see full entry.

CRUCIFIXION Sweet venom of the serpent''s kiss brushing gently on the lips of innocence the spirit reels in orgasmic epiphany and all reason m esmerized into illusion of flights into paradise. but with dying reality of this Eden pierces consciousness no longer believing... crucifixion of another... Sign in to see full entry.

PHOENX RISING I strike the soul With the ecstasy of cold steel Ravish the senses Tear into your heart And Make it bleed To feel What I feel Fire and Ice Intensity of energy Movement into melancholy I survive myself And My humanness Steal away to hell Rise to heaven again Tell My singular history... Sign in to see full entry.

WALLS I build A wall of rhyme and metaphor Strong as any made of concrete and steel Safe behind I hide in Mind's imagination Fantasy and dream Hope's despair floating somewhere in between But walls of any kind are built to fall in Time eventually The world crashing down unexpectadly And Like mother... Sign in to see full entry.

LITANY Precious Is the blood that bleeds for another Precious The mind tortured by its own making Precious The body in pain The tender and gentle soul unknowing Few Are the moments we share with another Short Is the Time of this journey Blessèd Our eternal sigh Sad Our last good bye Hopeful Are the... Sign in to see full entry.

THE RAZOR’S EDGE I walk day to day On razor’s edge Careful not to fall In fear of death’s intrusion Mourning faith lost And God’s own passing Scarred by Mind’s illusions The silence of the dead Voices never heard again I seek no clarity For there is none I’ve given up my soul To reason’s betrayal In... Sign in to see full entry.