Dog and Dragonfly

 

On an island in the sky

'Neath the rain that paints the lives

Sits the ever-watching eyes

Breathing the ever-waiting sighs

 

For now we're forced to hide

Our patter of thoughts collide

Will showers of longing subside?

And our dreams remain inside?

 

Songs of aviary cries

Of ancient locust lullabies

Percussion pounds and will disguise

The beat of hearts yearning to harmonize

 

A lightning bolt burning bright

A thunderclap echoes might

Trees dancing a howling fight

The rhythmic quarrel, a lovers' delight

 

A chilling fate begins to chide

Roaring death loyal at your side

Further escape, to survive we abide

Pressing deeper by consent of the tides

 

A swan-song tempo and warmth defies

Water bead upon the smallest of size

Comfort merely a distraction from demise

Embracing the Earth, the strongest of ties

 

The shadowing pain forever in sight

Grips like thorns throttling tight

Wondering if my own's the worst bite

Like a marionette, no string is pulled right

 

Damned to dwell this island's bide

The ocean churns a return ride

Seasons wet and seasons dried

The holy mountains shall decide

 

Dog and dragonfly

In the end it's black and white

We laugh and cry with the wise magis

And breathe shelter into the light

 

As we wake we hear the rise

A new expanse to our surprise

The sunshine breaking through the skies

A drenched, quenched wealth of supplies

 

Harmonious heat of vapourous pride

Shines upon the mountainside

Her outstretched soul sheltering provides

Filtering harm as we cousins imbibe

 

Stellar blue, brilliant clouds soar so high

In a smooth breeze we shake and dry

With wind under wings we fly

Humming tunes pass one another by

 

A grounded dash, a weightless flight

A leap of strength, an untold height

Cadence rings creation's plight

Romantic visions mount and excite

 

For amorous dreams we strive

The source of the energy we derive

By nourishing bribe we revive

And a promising hope stays alive

 

Fleeing from traps we are wise

Freedom to think and surmise

To what end does nature imply?

As the cowardly brute multiplies

 

The frozen moment of wondering why

A chosen armament takes a try

Some shall live, and others die

To evolve in truth be prepared to lie

 

Dark has arrived, the merciless stride

The weight will divide, drowning aside

You've not complied, though now you're guide

In us we confide, the strong are allied

 

Dog and dragonfly

In the end it's black and white

We laugh and cry with the wise magis

And breathe shelter into the light

 

Will fate not recognise,

Despite the number of tries?

The most treasured prize

Is the love between alibis

 

Melodic hearts will align

Supine beneath cosmic design

Sweat, tears and blood combine

Enshrined in our defined divine

 

As would the highest flying kite

Signal smoke o'er the horizon's invite

Those be damned to dwell the night;

Once-darkened souls become alight

 

Myriad frequencies arise

Tunes of humanity's reprise

Cleanse, renew and fertilize

Organic aeons re-catalyze

 

Anarchism speaks 'cross healing lands

Freedom of speech, press and love un-banned

Circle Mother Earth in welcoming hands

Occupy you; for futures' fruitful, demand

 

The scope of prosperity can only expand

Billions of unique notes join the band

Ages, faiths, arts, philosophies spanned

In strength of diversity we understand

 

Once when others drew lines in the sand

Exploiting their neighbors for profits so grand

Such dastardly druthers be damned

Today we help each other de-program

 

Gone are the irrational fears

Which segregated us for years

No longer a cog in profit's gears

Freeing of souls the music to our ears

 

Dog and dragonfly

In the end it's black and white

We laugh and cry with the wise magis

And breath shelter into the light

 

No matter the divisive rhetoric we hear

Out lights glow among our peers

The health of humanity perseveres

The songs we sow, the taste of cheers

 

A homeward sough sings salvational south

A reactionary heart precedes the mouth

Where and how we, to our future, endow

Life's constant vow, forever unto thou

 

Innocent meadows, ice-crescented plateaus

You tickle my nose with the tips of your toes

Under rainbow intensity, amidst dremnt throes

Love only knows, from its touch more grows

 

So passionate I can smell your heart

So present you can see my loyalty

Inside each of us the machinery of sensibility

En mass unite, fuel a new world royalty

 

Jake Vincent Belmont  07/2014