Unseen Blackbird

I.

The eye of the predator

In original Chaos

Imprinted in the empty space of heart

II.

Fire of Samadhi

Flying through Cosmos

On the wings of a blackbird

III.

Blackbird flying through the leaves

of an ancient forest

glowing with the infinite light of wisdom

IV.

Eternal glimpse of Enlightenment

In the ancient structure of cosmos

Resembling eternity of Creation

V.

Man and woman are one,

The seed has been planted,

Flowers bloom in autumn

VI.

Three stars preceding the axiom

From which all things are born

In an hardened illusion

Where dragon’s blood is the norm

VII.

Shapeshifting my way through American desert

I became the blackbird

Whose wings the eagles borrowed

VIII.

Communion of spirits,

In blood, wine and bread,

Eucharist of the mind,

In the lowest realms of hell.

IX.

The wheel of reincarnation turns,

those who escaped the destiny,

like blackbirds in flocks.

X.

I saw the eternal hope,

It took all my will to live.

XI.

New York is the axis,

Over which the blackbirds flew,

Never to return again

XII.

London gave him a new life,

Springed into life – a blackbird,

Lost his life in pursuit of

XIII.

We live our lives to the fullest,

Free and unfettered – like blackbirds,

Return to our ancestral home – again.

Yaouyue Ri

13. August 2023

//in the style of Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird