Lima’s Devouring Winter Dew & Word From the Desert [Mecca's Grief]
[Two Poems]

The mist of the pacific flows cool and fair—
On city streets that are far and near
With haunted blows, from Lima’s shadows.
Ah! Its pale magic mist now fills the air


Here I sit, at El Parquetito’s café
With a splendid delightful cup of coffee
As the phantom sun awakes and sweats
Trying to peek through Lima’s wintry cloak!


#1376 [7/5/2006] Written at EP Café, on a pale winter afternoon in Lima [July], Peru; dedicated to Rosa and Enrique, who had the pleasure to look up into this drab misty sky with me in Lima at 1:00 PM. Then after lunch, around 2:00 PM, the sun came out, but our lunch was now over. Wintertime in the central part of Lima is pale; with misty grays a lot of the time. And when the sun comes out, you got to bottle it, or run to it to enjoy the few hours you will have it. Winter’s in Lima are ‘Pale Dawns’ all day long, or can be. That is because you sit almost on top of the ocean. In farther out areas of Lima, the sun does come out. So today I was inspired to write about its bleakness, whereas, I normally write about all the positives; yet this can be taken as a positive, because when the sun does come, I parade around like a wild duck trying to suck up all the sun’s rays I can get.




Word From the Desert
[Mecca’s Grief]

He could not read, nor could he write
But wrote the Koran, in a cave by night
From Mecca he came, for many souls
With words, swords, and promises.

He cast Christ, as less than God,
And promised heaven for all who saw;
Stoned, cursed, in a silent war
Mohammad’s Journey changed the world.


#1377 [7/6/2006]

Note: While in search for Mohammad on the desert, He hid in a cave, and the only thing that saved his life was that of a spider web; thus the forces that were after him, detoured, and the assault did not take place [632 AD Mohammad died]. It all started, this new religion called Islam, in Mecca, in search for the one God. The holy men of Islam said: Jews and Christians have equal rights with Muslims, this of course has yet to be proven. And it seems nowadays, it is best to avoid God’s messengers from Islam, or is it from Satan, lest one be left wondering who your neighbor is for the rest of your life. If Islam was meant to be a peaceful religion, it outdid itself, and made a revere, so I feel, and it is sad. From what could have been a glorifying religion to God, has turned out to be a disgrace not only to heaven, but to earth, with its soiled fingers, killing in the name of Allah, so one can get a free ride to the gates of paradise.