Ditëlindjen Gëzuar*

to Dajena Mason

   

                                                                         It
                                                                is                 my
                                                   humble                      effort
                                          to wish                                 an angel
                                    from the                                           Adriatic
                                     shore to                                       mark  the
                                        auspicious                            day of her
                                                       birth that made the
                                                             world  a  little
                                                                less darker

          
than it was before! This I know firsthand, how she lights up the world
with her kind words and deeds like the sun on hazy days or the moon
in dark nights! And that is merely the tip of her numerous virtues
and skills, the most gifted and versatile poetess in this realm of
all the blogging quills! What can the likes of me, a mere erring
mortal man, wish for her, the very incarnation of Artemis on
planet earth, except these mediocre whispers that say, 
may she enjoy a memorable
and a very
Happy
B
I
R
T
H
D
A
Y
!
 

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 *This is my first attempt at concrete poetry and as I have never been an artist, I hope you will be lenient to the distorted output. To Dajena, I apologize for its’ premature birth. I hope you will not find it too irksome!

Clues To My Universe

My virtues ebb and rise
but my sins remain perpetual!
So your conviction is virtuous
but my love is the sin!
I am a polygon
with infinite points on my edge
that fade into nothing
without the simple one at my heart!
You can see me, of course,
once the smoke of love recedes
and the fog of life subsides
but with a ceiling on my dreams
I’m negated instantaneously!
Though to see and know me are different
and each is too often antonymous
to the other one but if you still want
to know and belong in my universe,
define me with tautology and calculus!

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For Porphyria’s Lovers

Face to face, I know
you two must wonder
what did I find common
in the likes of you,
to live with one in affection
and still be drawn
to the other one!

You might ponder too
at each others’ virtues and sins,
though I don’t recall saying,
I sought the beauty of your skins!

I know, you shall grow
green with wild rage and envy
but there’s more to you than what meets your eyes!

It’s all a dream, my lovers –
all an ever fading dream!
I too have lost my ways
inside the maze, both complex and serene!

Come, my lovers, liberate yourselves
from such petty things and together, let us dream!
I too am in love with one,
though I do not know what it means!
Perhaps, the poet did
but he is no more in this world… 

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Image: porphyria__s_lover_by_brionyvictoria

Laziness to Procrastination

Perhaps my laziness,
inherent, more than anything
has kept the sins at bay,
for no matter how rewarding
the temptations might seem,
we cannot step on shit unless we tread!

But, O, the same is true
for all the grand virtues as well,
thus the stench of stillness
slowly devours my existence
plagued by a stagnation,
for sitting idle we cannot move or walk!

Being the pinnacle of procrastination,
seems I am now thoughts with no limbs attached!