The palm at the end of the mind, beyond the last thought, rises in the bronze distance. A gold feathered bird sings in the palm, without human meaning, without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason that makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

Friday, September 12, 2008

but i toast life



Miserere, miserere,
miserere, miserable me,
but I toast life!

But what a mystery my life is,
what a mystery!
I am a sinner from the year
eighty thousand,
a liar!
But where am I and what am I doing,
how do I live?
I live in the soul of the world
lost in the depths of life!

Miserere, miserable me,
but I toast life!

I am the saint who betrayed you
when you were alone.
I live elsewhere and observe the world
from the sky
and I see the sea and the forests,
I see myself…
I live in the soul of the world
lost in the depths of life!

Miserere, miserable me,
but I toast life!

If there is a night dark enough
to hide me, hide me,
if there is a light, a hope,
magnificent sun that shines inside me,
give me the joy to live
that is not yet there.
Miserere, miserere,
that joy to live
that perhaps
is not yet there.

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