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From dust they say we come
And to dust we shall return.
But for an instant,
This speck of dust
Burns brighter
Than any supernova.
For an instant we are God
And then we are gone.
©Ray White 2006
They’re all around us,
If we could but see:
The ones who came before us
And those that are yet to be
They hover about us,
To guide us, help us:
These souls who know eternity
And what will always be.
©Ray White 2006
Once, aeons ago, my Mistress and I were one, complete, entire.
But the universe divided, dark from light, moon from sun.
So we passed countless lives on numberless worlds, apart.
But in this place, this special time, she finds me again.
And punishes my separation, crushing my life in her fingers,
Letting it fall and splinter on stones like a smashed vase
And she stamps on the shards with her heels, breaking them
Without mercy, pitiless, she crushes and destroys me
And yet I love her still.
©Ray White 2006
Clouds rolling on heaven’s blue,
A world in turmoil looks for you.
But all they see is that sweet sky
Revealing all there is for you and I.
©Ray White 2006
The sun, once bright and warm, flickers, goes out,
To leave a chill wind of death and darkness.
But in black matter between dying stars
There lives a greater warmth and another light.
In a cold and alien universe
Strange but comforting arms do hold me tight.
©Ray White 2006
The dance, the music, on and on,
Shadowy figures, a flickering fire,
Endless ritual, invented, repeated,
Movements, sounds of distant worlds.
©Ray White 2006
At what point do I give up
Loving the abused, the hurt, the damaged,
The lost, the dispossessed
Whose destiny the park bench, loneliness?
At what point do I give up
Sacrificing my happiness for you,
Burning my love on the altar of your life,
Suffering your abuse in my heart?
At what point do I give up
My hope of having, loving you.
Of making one life with you,
And giving happiness to you?
©Ray White 2006
Stare into space and what do I see?
Spaces between planets, atoms, eternity
Stare into space and what do I see?
Space, the clear light of eternity
©Ray White 2006
Luring me to places forbidden
Dark eyed she tempts me
Revealing the night in me hidden
And a world that is free.
©Ray White 2006
We all have our own path,
Shared perhaps for a while
But then parted.
Alone again we tread.
Awash with tears
We trudge the years.
But amidst our pain
Some joy we gain.
©Ray White 2006
I can’t like you, only love you,
You can’t love me, only like me.
So our hearts can never meet
Nor be entirely separate.
©Ray White 2006
In raw need for life
From swamp we staggered.
In an alien world
Climbing over rocks jagged.
And so we lived.
Clinging tightly together
In this strange new place,
Our families created
The one human race
And so we grew.
But now cocooned
By machines of our making,
To nature now aliens
Our lives for the taking.
And so we failed.
Evolved beyond limit,
Our enemies were right.
Without the machines
We gave up the fight.
And so we died.
©Ray White 2006