your own planet

the poetry of dr zen

Friday, February 16, 1990

Anna bella

she whispers like water
over the rocks of he dreams
that are scattered
a change in the weather
and like a river
she is flowing
opening up like a flower.

What secrets do you have?
I wanna know.
What worlds do you live in?
I really wanna know.
where will we go
when everywhere we've been
is dancing around us
a carnival of ghosts
hopeless and lonely
I wanna know you
and I want you to know me.

a terminal ballet
we move in flounces
gestures
talking but
saying nothing
saying nothing
but still talking.

Electron beam

waking in a world where a million rays float by
the sun is in my eyes
I watch it spinning turning wheeling
everything flows
everything flashes by.

dancing on the razor wire of life
nothing as real as it seems
you see the dream
I see the dream that
lies behind the dream

you know you have wings
you know you can swim
you know that the world never ends
it can never begin

you know nothing
that doesn't have a name
everything that changes
ultimately stays the same.

living in a world where a million worlds collide
this is a world of stars
suffering in a sun of silence
nothing moves
planets passing by

Virtual particles

you and I
have been friends
since before
the beginning of time
yet
we do not know each other.
we walk beneath
the stars of dancing symmetry
and all we perceive
the waves upon the sea.
we have come far
to remain the same
to hold onto what
must change,
we must come and go thus
each our wandering sun
never cold
never warm
never to move at all.

C'MON BABY

Like cats their claws dirty as night's only as
dirty as you want it to be
choke me
c'mon angel wrap your head around me
I can see thru your eyes how stupid I look
That any word is good enough so long as it's not love and if I pray
I'll say a little prayer for you.

Choose a sentiment I've got plenty I'm a
sentimental guy
kill me
hang me up on spikes
c'mon angel trip the lights
for me
Put me up on wires
c'mon angel do it for me
Lift me up
Higher & higher & higher
I go as high as I go and when I do
I'll say a little curse on you.