THE SUN GOD

From Karin Greenwood, South Africa

THE SUN GOD

Poem around art from Karin Greenwood

I am a legend in the sky

he said to the snails

surfing on the clouds

Without me waves would not

court the sea

Without me waves would not

reach for heaven

Watch me set

is a better cure

against depression

than taking your precious

sponsored medicines

Watch me rise

so oranges can grow

instead of perishing

in the moonlight

Watch me shine with care

so you can find

a person lost downtown

like Vicky Vandermeers

My secret is this:

I am pistachio nuts

because of the lack

of greens

If I am patriarch or matriarch

has no importance

I am god and when I die and die I will

I shall shout the rooftop from the sky

& you will join me in my cries.

Guido Vermeulen

7 August 2012