EC's blog

The worries are born at night
they drip like sharpened rain drops
falling on my head and heart

a consistent drop will scoop out a hole
as if I didn't know, I do, yes, I do

I brave myself and catch it on my tongue
full of rebellion I drink it like nectar
cursing Mr. Fate and mocking bad luck

Awakened
moments of disbelief
all of them fires
flames licking my feet
burning like pyres
for saints and martyrs
tied to a stake
so this is the truth
the formula for it all
comes down to a pyre

Beloved
in our hearts
yes, both of us
what must be done
will be done at once
King Salomo knew how
he just ordered once again
cut him in half, he says
share him as the mothers
who were told the same
one child, two women
one man, two women
who wins the prize?

Fire-love
cuts like a knife in butter
it's obvious I'm out for slicing
no escape as it cuts into me
laying bare layer by layer
this is my list of sins
out for everyone to read
engraved in my flesh

My Universe came first
I tagged along far behind
newborn I didn't claim it
for ages and ages
Why would I? Secrets are secret
Mine revealed itself one night
It clutched its heart and yelled
"Wake up! I'm yours!"
Embarrassed at the theatricality
I took one look and woke up
there it was, my Universe

So this is me, I thought
suddenly dismayed at this chaos
this for and against
forward and backward
I stilled my dissatisfaction
suddenly possessed by
what I possess - my universe

This blindness wears me down
I grope my way in darkness
touching forbidden items
stepping on all the toes there are
and all this for being blind
Not seeing reality is hazardous
it kills in dark times
one gets too smug about security
the blow to one's head comes from within

What made me not steal?
Why didn't I catch the thief?

I might have stolen from you
what you stole from me
but no, I didn't
my regrets are too late
now you steal from someone else

The prison is my heart
but you escaped
neither thief nor prison guard
I lose out to both

Elastigirl can bend like a rubber cane
she puts her body in positions uknown before

Elastigirl turns heads all the time
she goes from normal into freak in a second

Why, when the Earth is still sailing in Space?
nothing wrong in being limber, but for whom?

Does it get her a free ticket to visit the moon?
Is she happy when she ties a knot on herself?

What is this tingling in my soul?
Who asked it to even wake up? Not me!
Everything so tranquil and now, up and around
wants this, wants that, wants everything
Lie still, rest, sleep, be quiet, I say
It just flashes lights at me, dances and sings
and I, being exasperated, sigh like grandmother
when the grandchild grows up and craves LIFE ...

What is this waterfall from my lips
words tumbling down imaginary slopes
alarming bystanders as they fall?
Oh, don't be alarmed, I shout
they are strong, made from iron
can't get hurt, bouncing even

Word by word the world turns new
can't be stopped by anything