a colony of bats

masses, very quickly, surrounded me

to see what i would declare

now that i have a legal dispensation

a privilege

bestowed only on a foreigner

they nearly pushed me

though unintentionally

they made me drop

one by one

the big and small item

i carefully carried

into that pit

and as i bend down

to reach the bottom

picking cautiously my scattered stuff

the masses

almost buried me

standing up-side down

like a colony of bats in a cave

henry victor      03.02.2007

forgive my shirk

grant me oh the nameless

Name

unlimited forgiveness

and overwhelming grace

when i in my nasty arrogance

in foolish forgetfulness

while breaking and smashing

idols of clay, silver and gold

tearing into pieces

icons on printed-paper

or painted canvas

molded through extreme care

and drawn with patience so rare

employing artistic mind

with untiring hand

concurrently retain in the bosom

of my petty being

the silly pride of my race, learning

and other worthless achievement

in such way covetously

ridiculing the tribe, tradition

and other earnings

of my numerous neighbors

considering silently

my puny self, more important

than those who live

and toil around me

entertaining and persisting

in that surest shirk

the groundless superstition

that the sweetest sound

surely, is my own name

henry victor     18.01.1995

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

forgive me for seeking forgiveness

foolishly i feel guilty

and turn to you for mercy

and pardon in the past

many times

for sins of my adolescent

and youth-filled years

for wrongs

i was not responsible

but dictated and delivered

beyond my will

by the testosterone

or another hormone

deposited deep within self

forgive me now

for seeking forgiveness

and deny me help

if out of lazy foolishness

i turn to you

instead of investigating

deep within my body

and mind

the way to control

my urge

henry victor      22.02.2007

bliss in ignorance

in ignorance

and more

in ignorance of one’s own ignorance

there is a perfect bliss

the bliss of a tortoise

inside her secured, secluded shell!

in ignorance

nothing is ever complex

for all are too simple

and for all

one has a simple answer: God’s Will

surfacing from the shallow waves

on that sea of ignorance!

but drown me, O my Master

in the depth of the ocean, the confusion

that is generated

from the multitude

of the multifaceted truth

or in that drowning, that death

there is, for sure, my bliss

my own restlessness!

henry victor      21.09.2007

stripping to let in

a complete stripping

to see the naked

that beauty incarnate

is not, for me, feasible

but i am glad it’s possible

to throw away the covering

those chunky blankets, years

of schooling, educating mind

to probe the inner splendour

that my eyes of my soul

may gaze the light

as brightness enter my heart

©  henry victor     12.02.2004