Cyril Dabydeen

Nirvana

Swimming in the pool �
           my ashram
I now call it � imagining being
           in the Ocean of Life

Enlightenment that I seek
           most of all, but my friend
smiles as he looks at the beautiful girl
           in a two-piece bathing suit
going to the other end

And he quickly goes after her,
           calling out to me, �There
she is � Nirvana I�m after!�

Sea Song

In my youth I would sit by the sea and talk of a wedding

           --Marvellous it would be
           --Underthings would fly like kites
           --I would dream of nothing else but love
           --The waves would carry us along
           --We would be loved ones always

But the sea rolled and the waves came higher
           --It became something of danger
           --It became a face that mocked
           �A thing with eyes like sprites
           --It looked back from the crest of the waves

Then I would imagine myself a dolphin
           �Ready to cry out sad songs
           --Not knowing what else to do
           --How really to quell despair
           �All I kept dreaming about

Finally I tied the knot and everything melded
           �With the sea and ocean
           �The wind and the waves became a song
           �How it was meant to be since the beginning
           �What I always longed for
           �Musk of desire really

And we held hands and walked into the sea
           � Taking the waves by surprise
           �Swallowing the surf and ocean
           --Mocking our shadows on hot sand
           �Being against the sun itself

Then nothing more was said between us
           �Nothing else seemed real
           �The waves beating stronger
           �The one voice within urging us
           --To be where we were meant to be
           �From the very beginning