LAZY HELL OF EARTH

the glorious heavens are converging

over the lazy hell of earth


but as above so below

so then tell how the stars and galaxies


can be joyous while the planet

convulses under ignorant human hunger?


do they know something we don't yet know

and are sending it to us in these shock waves?


with so many worlds occupying this earth

we see how one person's sin is another's virtue


how the most deserving go without

while the non-contributors roll in ease


what synthesis of holiness do we weave out of this?

we who have no idea what will come of our acts?












Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

THE SPECTRUM RANGES

in the realms of reality


good goes bad

and bad transmutes into good


and those shuttling between

those extremes find nothing


unusual at all

all of a day the spectrum ranges


over the whole reality of the heart









Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

PHANTOM FORM

nothing stands for very long


the moment of accomplishment

is the instance of its passing


you struggle your whole life

to hold some phantom form


but already it changes in your hand

and disappears from within your fingers


its time passing faster as it turns to dust










Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

TRICKLE DOWN THE CURB

slipping away


the wet twilight

of an autumn evening


traffic blaring

hunched bodies dampened

under useless umbrellas

pacing the puddled pavement

as storefronts shine in the dusk


this moment like

a drop of water

holding millions of living

particles in suspension


beginning to trickle down

the curb to the sewer grating

wet-legged I stand on the corner

to watch this instant


slipping away









Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

my accomplishment lies beyond my control…

I do what I can…as well as I can…

and if it is achieved…it will be

because the One allowed it to be achieved…



and who of us here in the earth

really know if our failure is not

the accomplishment to be achieved?

who of us are strong enough

to accept the way life is?


imposing your will

will not shift tides nor will it

change the course of stars

I choose to work with the will

and even then I'm sure of nothing....










Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

HOURGLASS

loins taut as a cougar 's haunches

eyes glowing in a green light


you return to my bed

and try to enter my dream


ideal lover who never showed


my sleep a hold against your assault

you will never come back to me

now that I'm empty of what attracted you


you denied me then

thus strengthening me against you


let your body be the 'hourglass

of eternity' and endless temptation


to the weak while I rise up at the alarm

and see you vanishing like vapor








Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

SHADE OF GRAY

thick blankets of cloud

bunching in the sky


the sun dims

then disappears


people moving briskly

on their business


trying to beat the rain

as a shade of gray covers the day








Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.