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Midnight Psalm I

Ferryman, will I rest in the white roses

that can nevermore grow infirm-

where the rivers from the deep blue forest

are joined by currents of blood and ink?

 

Ferryman, the forest of the sky is beautiful

like blue bitumen, verdigris life moves, expires and is

reborn between the plane of those who do not die

and above the garden of grief

 

"Come brother, let us sleep" the phantom says

"One-Hundred and Fifty cuts cover me from head to waist-

old and beautiful tears that keep me from sleep

The heat of my lamp is ready to fade"

 

Ferryman,where in the house of shade shall I finally rest?

The voice of my lord is broken and dried

In the glade of cedar trees, air flushes and suffocates

The blushing of the moonlight fades and the snowy stars elude her

 

Make me know the ways of righteousness

The ferryman leads me down the tremulous waters

his words have escaped me like the fearful night's eyes

and in the distance the sudden emptiness of the roses

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andres-hernandez
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Mar 27, 2013
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