Sunday, August 18, 2013

August, New York

August, New York
She came in rains
Reign in her blue grey skies
Illuminating the new life experience
By contrast
A modest proposal
As pretensions rose to the cloudz
And the stars aligned as one
To watch love settle
Upon the old desert floor
That sustained the roots of language
Forevermore

A witness of the East
Who spoke in silence
As you were looking o'er
The former offices of cognizance
Inspire a future life’s work
The halo of your asundering
And all you thought
Was pure washed away
In compelling precipitation
The august rain
Of perfect love

Now what spirits wandered the many rivers’ rises
In the soon turning of the robust leaves
To an early coloring of fall
Like the northern lights of once lives
Under the guise of a natural aesthetic
Tigers swallowing their tails
As you chased your image
Through the tall brush
Treading lightly upon humble options
In your old family affairs
Concomitantly
Etuvage
Experience the dry essentials
Your primary source

And a light traced thine eyes
Along a battery of rain
Worn, sheer noire reflections
That penetrated your thoughtful gaze
Drove your direct opportunism stark

So that coming together
One thread at a time
From historical moments of freedom
Could be woven a beautiful fabric
The conceptual tread
Of your traveling soul
Spoke one
And nothing more
Now blossom

A prodigy received in silence
August and close to New York
Where life is mere a gesture made
And may we always follow through
Carry the grace of a yarn well spun


Jason Greendyk, www.jasongreendyk.com