From the gloomy dust, I rise from Hades' spell to see the sun's glory on a splendid morning.
The inner man greets me.
Rise from the clay that binds you in the gutter's belly.
Rise to see your Father's radiant face watching the human soul.
...
You walk on moons, but I see pitch, and unpaved roads.
I walk on the crust of land, and envy ships swimming on water.
The world walks on its hurting soul, and on ancient bones.
Children bare feet, travel on unpaved roads,
...
Her father's hands extend beyond the land.
Her hands are sealed like the mouth of his vault.
Trembling with every grasp, his wrinkled hands
will never find their youth.
...
When I die,
bury me in the sky.
Angels will read my eulogy
The Son will smile,
...
Removed, the hands of dark clouds obstructing my vision,
rolled like a scroll to the edge of the earth.
The way where I walk is a slippery trail.
I stumble in my path with eyes set on that ball glowing in a distance.
...
When the sun is fading like a flower,
like spring forgetting winter on a summer day,
enjoying grape juice or ice tea,
thinking of Basho writing another great Haiku,
...
When the sun is a fading flower,
spring forgets winter on a summer day,
a taste of grape juice or green tea,
Basho recites his Haiku in an eco-green assembly.
...
1.
walk before the moon
nature's gloomy face
darkness shrinks the light
...
heard the doorbell
the rebel stormed away
grandma erupting
...
The literary parasite feeds on my brain cells absorbing my energy.
My literary ghost whispers my words.
Every time I read your poem, I hear my poem calling.
‘Mother! ' You bore my literary soul.
...
Germina Melius is an emerging writer, Book Reviewer, and Research Assistant. Her literary work has been featured in The Caribbean Writer Magazine, Business Focus Saint Lucia, Inner Child Press' Anthology (writers for humanity) , PoetryandCovid, Haiku Corner, Haiku Foundation blog: Troutswirl, Ginyu Magazine, World Haiku Anthology, Failed Haiku, and the ASAHI Haikuist Network. She is the author of three fiction novels, and has a collection of short stories and poems; The Apple Tree, and Haiku In Nature.)
Rise
From the gloomy dust, I rise from Hades' spell to see the sun's glory on a splendid morning.
The inner man greets me.
Rise from the clay that binds you in the gutter's belly.
Rise to see your Father's radiant face watching the human soul.
Inhale the freshness of the air like spring's odour.
Hear the birds in their jubilant choral.
Rise from problems' haunting ghost.
Rise to achieve those intangible dreams floating like ships
on the ocean in your brain.
Happiness needs you.
Put wars to sleep, abandon fear like drones.
Stand in your head, the avatar's first breath.
Rise on these feet, bruised yet strength thrives in these bones, flashback at those who billowed over your head with smirks, mockery, laughter, and fables to confine your mind and mobility.
Break the chains that confine self.
Rise beyond the heavens or let the bird in you fly.
You brought my mind to ashes' bones, I rose beyond your imagination.
© 2020
Life is a bird, fly.
Thorns cannot hurt a rock but love can.
memories follow time
'I needed wisdom, I asked God, never one to plagiarise.'
Forward with Jesus Christ.
The most prestigious literary award is having my name in God's 'Book of Life'