clumsy scribblings

by Roberto Lavidez

a series of aimless

ramblings rendering

fearful passions and

morbid emotions

searching

through the

darkened places

going down

to the world

of the dead

behind the mask

of calm hid

tremendous rage

fulminates

with bombast

of wrath

doors flung open

as if by a storm

entering a most

perilous adventure

to show the wonders

of the deep

the ways and the

histories of the gods

cynicism and boredom

come sneaking in

eavesdropping

behind doors

and curtains

between the conquerors

and the conquered

the answer prowls

around the question

it proves nothing

against the heavens

the coming eternal

justification

of our temporality

to love meant

to tyrannize

quivering with

the fever of life

after outbursts of

vanity and complacency

clumsy scribblings

on pillars by senseless

childish hands

no smallest area

left untouched

the good has lured

us into evil

seized by a profound

indifference

showing the wonders

of the deep to an unknown

and an unexpected guest

looking on oneself as

something alien

singing songs 

slaves sing 

in their hopeless labor

-  then silence

©robertolavidez2013