a distorted vision

my left hand moved

swiftly

to remove the log in my left eye

sitting there

obstructing my vision of the globe

leading to an erroneous measure

but my right traveled

more swift

to prevent the left arm

serving good

thwarting the removal of wood

to enhance my vision of planet

my left eye joined

spontaneously

the protest of right complaining saw dust

in neighbour’s

demanding my left hand joins right

to remove my neighbour’s speck

henry victor     23.09.2003

easter lily

the easter lily in my home

has dropped her drooping flowers

but i have decided not to deposit

lily with no flowers in the dump

for i realize, i can never do so

without me, into dump, damning

self, first; for that easter lily

that fashioned the fleeting flower

is not, merely, ephemeral

but, in essence, eternal

in the creator’s mind, a mercy

and for me, a miracle

© henry victor     02.05.2003

hovering of your grace

i covered myself, head to foot as a woman

under the tight rule of bearded Taliban

yet there were those who saw my nakedness

or declared the colour of my undergarments

reading within me evil inner intentions

but with the hovering of your grace

my walk with no covering below waist

still covered all my stark bareness

as i roared, and roared like a free lion

© henry victor     21.12.2003