you remember me

you remember me

despite my forgetting you

as i drive, not rushing

nor slowing to rest and relax

except to drink coffee in Tim Horton

now, not a luxury, nor a place

for careless throwing away of my coins

but a necessity, that careful

keeping of my blood-sugar in check

so that malady does not dance

within that space steadily serviced

by those remaining un-scarred arteries

© henry victor     23.04.2011

living contradictions

she lives immersed in her own backwaters, smaller dreams

unspoken thoughts she is unaware of  like improper breathing
that is likely to kill her soul before freeing it to fly high in sky
to stand tall in that human mall of buying, selling and loving

occasionally like a playful dolphin in larger waters, an ocean

wide and deep, she props her nose as if fresh air breathing
is her top priority, for a moment making even ocean liners
to stop, to pause, to record in a horizon danger is brooding

this makes contradictory impressions in my own mind

constantly changing colours, texture and tones, freeing
fast, the previous image like a cooler evening firmament
completely dependent on that fire ball, the sun sliding

henry victor     15.09.2013