matt ucar

ENTREATY TO DEATH

I’ve come face to face with the spirit of darkness
hidden inside goodness without judging fire, light, darkness or shadows,
and hidden inside every goodness;
now standi…

and you, meaning,
how distant you are to my eyes tonight
in drunken climates I lost a desert sylph
flying to a one-night liaison, departing from the centre of my eyes
a knife as sharp as ex…

Are you a shepherd?
send your flocks to drink stars at the source of tears
and the great wolf’s twin, your loneliness
like the dark craters filtered from the full moon’s cheek…

Ah B…

betraying the night for the stars,
won’t the day or pale sunbeams return?
come o Love, to the temple
stolen by the lips where I sheltered
take from the sun its inheritance
and bring it to …

O fortune
Like your ephemeral beauty
Dress in sparkling robes of destiny
The radiance on these poor lips of mine
Is the caress of my beloved’s fingers only
The trace of your lips brushing …