Praise be unto you


Peace shall arrive
like the sun emerging from the clouds,
as the wind recites
the numerous forms which your heart was pleased to take
so as to keep you here.
You, who settled within the limitations
of a living being
imprisoning your mind with daily made-up duties
You, who rambled upon these streets
inebriated with despair and chaos
but chose to keep on walking
giving yourself to countless trembling bodies night after night
You who cherished the hidden caves
under the parks
and made them temples of adoration
to anyone who felt like playing deity,
and didn’t mind the emptiness of the aftermath.
You, who in earthly hours
dug with your fingers
opening every portal in your flesh
and once you found an opening wide enough
stretched your hand and pulled out
an unmentionable solution
Praise be unto you.

You who drank every omen
and danced every feeling
and fucked every melody
and searched through every orifice
and dwelled in every horizon
until there was no more hope
to be retrieved from your marrow.
You who stood with your arms raised
in enlightened intention one last time
after having arranged all the pieces of a puzzle
others would stare at endlessly to explain your reasoning.
Around you three apes
typical of the spirits of dawn
and on your right the sunset and no goddess to your left
You who didn’t feel the urge
to stick around for the apocalypse
and simply picked up your strength and disappeared
Praise be unto you.

I kneel before your memory
shimmering rainbows appearing amidst the clouds
I release you from our contract
of mutual torment / and yes, love too
I release what is there for me to release
You, whose untamed heart now roams freely
across a vaulted sky where we cannot reach you
Praise be unto you.