not cosmetics

naturally, i am handsome

beautiful

with no need for cosmetic

adornment

but by nature i am ugly

horrible

needing a systematic scrubbing

of my heart

henry victor          04.08.2018

purity of souls

an amazing togetherness i witness

in the functioning of the mother earth
and the father sun, her eternal partner
to maintain the purity of her springs

despite the quick gathering of impurity

in the brook running away from source
the place of her origin, like refugees
and immigrants towards wealth

as the loaded muck in the river

running to the ocean but never
beyond to eternity, the rain cloud
for a re-birth of another pure soul

henry victor      27.04.2014

Note:
Dedicated to Mario Flores
and Gitanjali Victor to be wedded
on May 17, 2014.

perfect purity

in your innocence

that perfect purity

you call me a dumb idiot!

reprimanding me

for not waiting to hear you speak

to listen to your babbling

see a little brook

flowing

from the centre of your being

a chunk from the divine

cut out like a piece of cheese

a nourishment to a malnourished soul

a feeble me, poisoned also by love

betrayed

but to bathe in your water

untouched and un-dirtied

by schooling

at home, or elsewhere

it is to wash my body, mind and heart

of that filth from sculpting a family

my dream, now turned a nightmare

that keeps haunting me

even as you embrace me

to kiss my forehead with your soft lips

that have still not learnt to speak a lie

unlike your mother

and her mother so skillful in that art

henry victor     20.01.2013