Gateways

take me to the place where you go
where nobody knows

now that i am sixty five
time to retire whatever
that may mean…?
good to withdraw from
waged oppression
have time, find space
to set the good ship
of my soul sailing
on thought, on …

are there no stars in our heavens -
are we children of a lesser hope —
or why don’t you worship the living?

reach out and let your imagination
fly

[Video]

© Benedikt Amrhein, 2012

i have survived another day

“Life itself flows on through eternity. Beyond earth life are the realms of higher existence waiting to enfold you in love. We see your world with its light and darkness. We come among you as symbols…

honey hive holds
good comb gossip
a meager winged juvenile

and every thought eases effortlessly
out of pink clouds with silver shivers
of ecstatic joy in the free creativity
of wild, holy beauty;

a time of light…
time by the sea
a special time of quiet…
space…the horizon
the edge calls across
a path of tremulous
striated light “look out
look to the end
then beyond”
in truth the mind
k…

There’s a story under my breath,
a bitter taste of desire..
remembered sins of the forgotten
truth from the liar..
skin on skin
teeth on bone..
I change the tint,
but cant change the tone..
butterflie…

open the window and flow through beyond misgivings and fear

the music is natural
written in the mind
the heart
do you remember
forgive and come alive

A strange, sinister chill. The man did not want to enter yet; there was a sense that he must.

(for M)

i remember
sunrise taking dark night
my true friend…
i was taken to the edge
felt the breath of
predatory beyond…
i came away…
you were my emmaus road
encounter…a shield
from b…

In this moment, society’s isolation strikes
me. I am alone, like a bird
peppered from its flock in flight, now
dropped ashore to forever wander aimlessly.

At the center of life is a vacant
chamber, an …

do not mix devious thinking with achieving

Those arms that have held me steady
Guidance disintegrating
into blood dust
Lifted on a transient wind…