In the Seas Below Mtahleb
Many secret chambers dwell
Aqueous
Haunted
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Stopped
Ceased the secret chirping of the Bird
After the days of storm it was
And Wise was the Bird.
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On the Boughs Chirped Birds
Lodgers of the tree
Inhabitants secretive
For wise.
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Post meridiem
After the azure zenith of day
as they say
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The Ageing Bird Still Sings
Sings from the heart
So I calculated
‘Less aged than its body be its Heart'
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The sunset wants not tears.
The sunset in the shadows
Stood
Still to stand wants
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Stuck on the Rocks of old Mtahleb
Where the Winds climbing up the cliff
Blew their anger and their Soul up
And as the Mid-night neared by
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The Verses Add Up Slow
Forget the Slow.
Get the adding up.
Remember it.
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For it of Haunting was.
And haunting that Beauty gives
That
The snow in Winter but not of Winter.
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