Sage Skull
The Sage speaks for forty years without saying a word.
Ramesh Chaitanya Balsekar
I
She forgot to photograph
the skull by the curb
Split in two pieces,
canine teeth not facing
to bite
II
Starting at the bottom
tombstones stretch
as arms reach beyond
the tangerine sunset
to a blue orb,
patterns of a brain
as lobes vein.
What is absent
from your hand?
Break the Surface Tension
We both create innermost worlds
of cast shadows
to escape the mundane,
to capture light past limitations.
If dawn clutches out of control—
the doll flutters her eyes to sleep,
the mystery book clasps shut,
the lotus pushes through mud.
Reflected lines between
make-believe and reality blur.
Cindy Rinne creates art and writes in San Bernardino, CA. She brings myth to life in contemporary context. Cindy is the author of seven books: Mapless with Nikia Chaney (Cholla Needles Press), Moon of Many Petals (Cholla Needles Press), Listen to the Codex (Yak Press), and others. www.fiberverse.com
I enjoyed the imagery in both of these poems. Break The Surface Tension really makes one think about the reality of life.
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