(Eternal Spirit by Ashok Inder Kumar ) The late Pope, John Paul II beatified in Vatican ceremony Buried beneath my observance lies a most improbable spirit, tightly masked with goodness, seeds sown in the eager ground, yet drained of a verdict. The raw soil expects my naked descent, true kinship above all else and free of the unyielding crypt, that I might befall eternal life. South mourns victims of deadly tornadoes Growl and rumble! Carry away the shells to join this; the song of life; melodic sprouts to water and feed, nourish with Love over belief… Libya says Gaddafi survives air strikes, but son killed Let me howl and roar above the falling metal, scream and cry over such mortal loathing that infinite voices might join with me, wed with my brothers and sisters, and unite in reason the cause of one… Super-Civilization Might Live Off Black Holes As a child, I imagined myself a Superman with cape and glove, an alien saving man from himself, me from me, from...
(The Weaver's Song)