Ancient Spring

Ancient spring

spouting

a continuous claim for permanence

make me drink

from your water, I shall not

die -

nor live -

forever

No more than the exact

time

of becoming

one, with your stream

and a sea is born.

© 2015, José Eduardo Coelho

Endless Constancy

Endless Constancy

So much drift

on the floor, shadows

question

their absolute

fidelity

and mourning

becomes a reasonable word

disguised, within drops

of falling rain

dreamed

So much relief

in constancy -

the one able to pair

heart & universe, in that

endless traverse -

when living turns odd

and unique.

© 2015, José Eduardo Coelho

Poetic Picture #2 – The Essence

Poetic Picture #2 – The Essence

On advice of some inner numen
I've consistently saved samples
of my former houses, wives
and objects

Everything had been carefully scraped
Kept in glass containers
so I can look into and watch it
shrink with time
as water and other organic stuff
dies out

It's a slowly process, I know
but, one day, I hope to
get a glimpse
of their souls

© 2015, José Eduardo Coelho

At Night

At Night

At night, the path
is narrow. The scent of moldy wood
seems to flow, under
one's feet. Hands
seize the nature of stars
remnant within our flesh, searching
the darkness. And
chests, breathe as lizards
sucking out mother earth's
warmth.

For what?

© 2015, José Eduardo Coelho

Sweet Planet Earth & I

Sweet Planet Earth & I

Underneath a September
fig tree
her almond eyes

defile, lost
in the muck of others

~ José Coelho, 2015

Dim Me!

Dim Me!

If I look at the stones
the trees
the skies above
a huge sense of anxiety
disrupts
me

as if a rope has been
cut
long ago, between
me and the rest

I need a fix
of thoughts
of memory
a bit of quartz in
my heart
and of green pulp in
my blood

Maybe that will dim
my perception
lower my
temperature
anesthetize my
emotions

so I can
breathe.

© 2015, José Eduardo Coelho

Poetic Picture #1

Poetic Picture #1

Her lurid face fills
the emptiness of space
with particles

of her own
ethereality – which I
adore

Convective shapes
rise
undulating

our names
as born fitting surfaces
in the vastness

of seas.

© 2015, José Eduardo Coelho