David Arndt Forgotten Words Poetry

The White Noise Of Life  ***  I dreamed I was lost in the white noise of life Exhausted and shivering in vain attempted to fall back to sleep  My heart was filled with ghosts and frothy babbling gore My eyelids lowered as I fell into austere slumbers Dreamlike she looked blindly at me with eyes of a wild beast  She was naked in a shuttered house where the beaten weep  Her tears were a silken avalanche of sorrow  As her heart lit up with the sadness of the moon I wanted to comfort and hold her in my arms    Making the ritual sacrifice I dropped into a spiraling funnel and drank from a cesspool of blood  The spirit with eyes of wild coffins left her Black poison vanished into cracks on a green plain  Great dark skeletons weeping danced upon blueish gray roofs of sorrow  Night fell into an abyss of rotting TV dinners from the 70's  White phantoms left in smoke rings streaming from her nostrils   As her flower pedals unfo...

The Lost Lonely Bird Soars *** Lonely bird feels lost He can't fly He is not understood  Lonely bird cries Lonely bird asks why? As humans fight walking by Not hearing children's cries Lonely bird is sad Knows all beings someday must die Why is it so hard for them to love? Why do they hurt each other so Lonely bird does not know  The sky above Where he once flew Is no longer blue His song is not heard  He sees others alone passing away Lonely bird feels pain Lonely bird feels grief Lonely bird dreams he could soar As he once did before  But it is not true Lonely bird finds it hard to try He no longer wishes to fly Lonely bird is blue He does not know what to do He lives to love And be loved But no one comes to play If they do they do not stay Lonely bird tries so hard  As night turns to day He is tired He grows old Looks down on human graves Lined up with many names Of those forgotten to time Lonely bird can't understand  As a plague spreads across the land...

*** I walk on a lonely street  Alone on my path always   In a world on fire with hate    Loves light shines my way I walk on a lonely street Love is in my heart  My path is a fleeting dream On the sea of life I chart I walk on a lonely street Feeling boundless joy  Living from an inner spring  Nothing can destroy I walk on a lonely street Smile without sadness With a heart full of love   Free of life's madness I walk on a lonely street   At times it seems forever With no beginning or end To love I do surrender  I walk on a lonely street We are born and die alone Seek and you will find   A refuge that is your home I walk on a lonely street Seeing life is illusory  I discovered loves waves  Spacious with no boundary I walk on a lonely street All I see is interconnected  On a sea shines the moon   A web of life is reflected I walk on a lonely street Fly free a bird in the sk...

*** Mother Dakini  Great Protrectress I hear you breathing I realize in a flash My next breath  Could be my last  In each moment  impermanence  Spaciousness Truth is revealed  You are the great  Mother  Boubdless Love  Compassion Translucent  Vast    Empty Yet  Appearing In you  I recognize  My true face You said  "You know"  My doubts  Vanished    You said  "Everything is connected"  Inter Dependent  Origination  The Relative Truth Was made clear  In an instant  You said something  I could not understand In the silence that followed  The limitations of language  Were realized You said  "Each snowflake is unique."  The myriad  Nature of  Appearances  Underlying unity Appeared like a  Rainbow  Infinite Perfection  This motherless child Has returned home to  Luminous space  T...

***  Ancestors Born  Eggs cracking Up through  Springs frost Visions  Lost Traceless Place  One day Heard  Demons  Landing  Slithering  Beneath the tide  Planets stars  Lined up  Nothing real  Sun did not rise  No dawn The Past  Faded  Sun  Time  Space  Memories  Collapsed Breaking Away  Ancestors  Dancing Echoes faded  Life  Love  Fought and struggled  No soft landing  Demons Origin a black hole  Executioner  Defied the gods  Faces and names  Collapsed Blurred into one  Tried holding onto Forgotten dreams  Let go Free fall  On our knees  We Surrendered  Prayed Kissing  The  Sky  ***  David Penn Trinley Arndt 2022.

*** Went on up the mountain.  The mountain spoke. "Seek, and you will find. Sweet madness has murmured its ballad." "Blessed speaks evil after all these things." "Blessed your own eye and then escape a small rustle of wings." “Blessed destroy thieves who break and say to you that everyone called the police." "Blessed are the poor in spirit  you will never get out, be anxious saying  ‘What  Rimbaud?" "Your Father who is in heaven evil, know how to give if your eye is healthy, good fruit is cut down and the gate is wide, and the way fast.  Anoint your head and do not throw your terrified blue eye." "Do them, be like you, then thieves do not break in, and you are free of generally unclean living and eventually will not become alienated." "Truly I say, the last penny, seek and you will be judged." "Forgive us darkness how great and blessed are the meek poets." "‘You shall love your neighbo...

  *** Black clouds appeared in the sky Due to ignorance, no one had listened The canary in the coal mine died The seas were poisoned Crops did not grow Animals and species faded away But no one noticed Business as usual  The game of profit and power Fixation on empty "selves." Life was not seen as precious The lords of nihilism ruled Black clouds blocked the sun All was in darkness It was no longer business as usual  Many fell sick and passed away Fear filled the land People hid from the plague of ignorance There was nowhere to hide They were forced to look inside Within a celestial spring of life overflowed The first tree flowered Nothing was fixed  It was all a dream Some awoke and crossed over Some remained asleep But no one was abandoned The treasure of love and compassion It is always within awaiting us An undying sun of Love Our true nature Our birthright in the illusory dance of life  Those whose vision was clear Saw the world as a celestial h...

*** Life is a magic show, an illusion, the play of appearances, wrathful or peaceful, pain, pleasure, all is one taste. The joker speaks, and everyone weeps. Backward, death, old age, sickness, birth, over and over goes the magic show. No one understands the riddler who cries; his tears form a pool. The birds play until their youth is exhausted. On and on it goes, the magic show. The clown and the pied piper lead the birds away into the sea of suffering. Only the princess sees through the magic show. No one knows where the princess has gone, so she can't help. Interpretation, meaning, words, projections, all empty as the sky. The lonely bird flies. For him, she always says goodbye. She never sees his love inside. He does not hide his love for her. The bird never says goodbye. The bird does not believe in goodbyes. Others believe in goodbye; the sad bird wants one friend who will fly and soar with him in the blue sky. No one hears the bird's lo...

***  Centuries piled on amidst appearances  streetlamp's pale light  She walks by alluringly   She smiles at me Her wild gaze  Strikes me down  Where kisses sleep Her laughter  Emerald tinted lace   Falling golden leaves  Scents of vineyards  Magic wells Seashores  We loved Where kisses sleep It once hurt to love Hearts wide open     I no longer weep That was the past We return to the sea  Times moves fast We dream onward  Where kisses sleep  ***  Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt on April 13, 2022.

*** He ran out of  Minds mirror  Found he was In the South Playing  Dixie band jazz Making a deal  At the crossroads He threw everything away Found Kerouac  in his lunch bag  Playing jazz A willowy woman  Made a meaningless  Proposition  No one understood  She did not see  Hitler coming  The Führer got high Started drinking.   He said what is  Most important is immortality and space Speechless  The man and woman  Melted away  Into history  And hid But Keouac Tells Jeff Tweedey "You bring it all home"  Jeff plays it cool "Saxophone started Blowing us down" Kerouac smiles Gets a beer  Calls mom Tells her He loves her He will be out late The beers are on Jack Everyone is Passed Out Until dawn's Majestic  Silence  Melodiously Awakens  *** Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt perhaps at a bar on Main Street, Burlington, after seeing Wilco live in January 2016.

  ***  Children playing  on the stairs  outside my  window  Wind  blows sand  Howling across time  We are lost  In the dream  CrashIng on rocks  black clouds of fear sorrow in my voice  My emptiness  Needs others  A winter dawn wind crosses  Beyond  My answerless  questions  Memories Fade away   Fresh  Moment Arises  New Born  Babies  Hope  I smile Rainbows  Let your flower  Grow It's time  To leave the  Cocoon  Let us fly  Together  Free In Spacious  Skies  Blue Stepping into  Today  Born  Anew ***  Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt on April 14, 2022.

*** Scattered Star Flowers Forgotten Lost Found  Dreamless Dream Sings Life's Appearances Play Bliss Burns On On On... Each Moment Passing Fading Away ***  Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt in the 90's.

Alien Love Protection Vaccination: For the Survival of the Human Species *** [Burroughs was given the invocation below by aliens who told him if recited and understood would help protect the human species from extinction. The  "We" in the text refers to the human species. Burroughs was skeptical of the aliens and thus the discarded  text is being shared here for the first time] *** Five elements Please forgive us We are the virus Lost in the muck wolves of the five poisons Howling across time plagues choke the rising sun Appearances lie Dream beings Walk FLY  seas Poison Hapless sailors pathless path End the Garlands whirlwinds Darkness We are the virus Mother earth men women children Ghastly pale Suffering Humble weeping Burning Books Spiders spinning stars memories of grief Babies elders Fade birdies Leave the nest FLY FLY We devour each other We forget the virus America Titanic howls Hades beckons Targets tumblin...

*** Words Found On A Corpse On the Paris Metro *** The moment comes contradictions obvious vision crystal-clear pain being alone there is dignity in honest moment alone when the heart feels loneliness of living there is fullness Freedom  in love doing right unto others taking the moment  for what it is living in it there is release in turning the moment over facing feelings of now even though  they cause pain there is peace  in death what grows from  life's compost of living  in the moment of being  then letting go I am now free Of life's mysery Great mystery I am coming home To my father's  mansion  It is time  I feel peace  Finally I let go I let go *** There comes a time when there is nowhere left to go, and you surrender. Life can be suffering, but release finally arrives, and there is nothing left to do. Found these words on a corpse in the Paris metro in 1987. Everyone walked by him like he wasn't there. I ...

Moon turned blood red Undertaker gathered dead stacked flesh  cordwood piles lifeless bodies  stretched miles Pale horse rider  ascends  *** shooting stars  black sky loved ones said  goodbyes abomination of desolation touched every nation lost souls  in chains did descend *** princes generals  did decree rider approached  with a key priests made  sacred offerings the rich hid  in fortresses  horror impossible  to comprehend  *** clouds parted  black sunshine  plague spared  no bloodline people crying  simply prayed ransom offering  was repaid Many died alone  without a friend *** wise ones  spoke of prophecy  their words  carried authority false teachers  spoke only lies against blackened  falling skies Floating down  that muddy riverbend *** door to freedom  was narrow from above  fell a sparrow life for many  soon...

Next Train to London *** He dreams of Wales Air is motionless  She passed by long ago  A man in a cloak  Bites crimson flowers  Lost in forest dreams Wind brings sounds  Slope cradles  It is difficult to carry on  Same old story  Dawn girl walks my seas Looking for Islands in haystacks  Her soft brown eyes  On a bed quivering  Her wild gaze  Beauty in my arms  Creaking sand  Our foliage blossoms  Wine keeps flowing  My world moves while dying Abandoned child dreaming  He leaves her sleeping  He can't feel his heart  Will he ever see her again? He departs in grief On the next train to  London  ***  David Penn Trinley Arndt April 9th, 2022. *** Image Source unknown

***  She speaks Her words  Blades  Shred me to pieces  Over and Over  Crushed I am lost  Blind Life cruel  We struggle Trapped  No way forward  No way back  No escape  Let go  Let go  *** Sisyphus my friend  Like you  I push a boulder  Timelessly up  My mountain of life  To have it roll  Back down  Over and over  Repeatedly  With No end You and I  We are brothers  Even in despair  We can find meaning   Within inner devastation  Hopelessness  Though weary of life  We must carry on  We Must Carry On  Let go  Let go ***  David Penn Trinley Arndt 2022.

Salvation *** Biblical Cut-Up # 3 *** Thy life shall hang in doubt thy body is full of darkness he increaseth knowledge out of darkness bringeth out the light your joy no man taketh from you whence the rivers come  wells of salvation How can ye escape the damnation? deceit lasciviousness Thy evil eye   The reapers are angels  Revelation unclean spirits they do obey him  the wicked Is it better to dwell in the sea? mighty feet go down to death Men's hearts failing falling into fear thy body is the eye no evil shall befall thee kingdoms of darkness devour the whole earth thy path is the word A lamp unto my feet I create the fruit of the lips strength is dried up the woman whose heart are snares and nets my tongue cleaveth to my jaws  into the dust of death Thy Shepherd appears In golden clouds "You are forgiven." Light shines Heaven parts *** These words spontaneously appeared to David Penn Trinley Arndt in  2022 AD. I was inspired to Cut...

 Recorded By David Penn Arndt in Ecuador in 1992.

 Recorded By David Penn Trinley Arndt in 1998.

 Recorded By David Penn Trinley Arndt in South America.1992.

She was lost on the boulevard I tried to help I tried so hard Then winter sky grew dark lonely dogs did bark At what I did not know I ventured down below Looking for love But could not stay had to go away face the truth alone All I wanted was to go home.  I faced darkness within tore me apart limb by limb In a million pieces shattered  I kept asking if it mattered I then listened to the moon It said "It is too soon"  Of what I could not say I tasted sweet decay all that passes away I faced this truth alone Trying to find my way home I listened to the moon Finally felt in tune I then saw her face Dissappear without a trace knew she had gone away.  Alone would I stay Felt burning sorrow deep inside I tried but could not hide heart broken like stone  Lost the way forward unknown I wished to find my way back home A cloud floating on the ocean Lost my way in the motion Prayed I would find my way Instead of fading away Sunset at the end...

human form invigorated soul ignited by your look Yet, I wear a shawl of tears See you passing in the night In awe face your human form Secret air of morning dew fades The dark well of the cruel heart Inside lives secret bitter sweet love Take me to secret worlds above  Hidden valley mountain caves Springs nourish the moon Wisdom sun scatters dawn Gentle music sings summer rain Eternal sadness silent tomb Graceful sweet flower smiles Death seems far off in your arms I love this dream though it passes Love you though someday we part No fear savor our love each moment This love will continue for lifetimes Overcome by passing love and beauty this warmed my heart August 9, 2020

Silence without name silence speaks the wind Unasked questions answered Forgotten languages and peoples dead turn to dust  endless eons Native teachers hold sacred medicine Tears are in their eyes spirit coopted by profit Unbridled vines  Poison  choke the sacred holy fire burns bright Questions answered in the fire ancient ones must pass Ashes to ashes, dust to dust The young cry in horror, "stop." sacred earth decimation Children's voices not heard. What will they inherit? You who rape and defile the sacred Your wealth and power. It fades away.  Look beyond your grave. Beyond death, you fall lower After eons of eternal life, you realize at your death what you did for wealth, power, and fame will exhaust itself in seven days You begin to smell bad. The people you thought friends now recoil at you. As your end approaches, you are alone, filled with terror. You see your actions lead to lower realms, and in horror you die terrified, silently screami...

Holy ones did sacred invocations  Revealed secrets of Revelations abomination of desolation Touched every nation earth fell to degradation virus brought isolation Inconceivable fear desperation Finance world engaged in speculation  people sought an explanation  A new covenant and restoration The virus targeted their respiration Gasping, dying, choking, suffocation  No wind, no breath, or exhalation dead masses burning in cremation people rose in demonstration Life's normality rituals faced cancelation those in power did calculations sick, poor, homeless, sent into deprivation For many, it was the end of civilization  fake news, no honest education  The human species faced annihilation continued blindly worshipping accumulation Worshiping online malls without destination Engaging endless forms of manipulation As the dying gasped with each inhalation the virus then spread across the population the government lost; there was no preparation the viru...

 The Lost Children of Aberfan, Wales *** The children of Aberfan Wales I hear your cries October 21, 1966 Rain endlessly falls Coal mining town Families and loved ones to be separated Sleep and dream not knowing The horror to come The coal tip hangs by threads over Aberfan *** We fragrant ants have gone to our bed blankets of moss pulled over our heads Sweet silence rhythm of the earth Her sweet loamy perfume Sending great ant mind collective Into the Dreaming The children reside in dreams Can you hear their cries? *** A formal report: Please let us be safe We sing for future generations Please let them live *** A wave breaks from the coal tip The avalanche descends Rolling sound of thunder The town caught unaware. *** The avalanche takes out cottages Its mission of death picks up speed Pantaglass General School Not long after 9:15 AM Teachers are taking attendance Collecting lunch money It was the day before break Children happy s...

It was a long time coming in making my pilgrimage to Jack Kerouac's grave in Lowell, MA. Picture here of Dylan and Ginsburg at Jack's grave in 1975. Kerouac was a huge influence on Dylan, like many others his life was changed forever by On the Road. What has changed at the grave? Well what was once a almost a hidden grave, now there is a monument to Jack which is behind me. But I will be honest, don't think Jack would like this monument, even the font used for Jack's name, don't think he would approve, but what do I know. All I know is the energy was with the non descript grave that Dylan visited, though I did leave a Guinness for Jack at the monument.  More to say on Kerouac, he changed the trajectory of my life, through his writing I just wanted to live life as fully as possible, experience all I could, go down roads whose destinations were uncertain and anything could happen.  And I love long drive's through the American night, I feel Kerouac, Cassady is at t...

Chasing down dreams, phantom shadows, sand runs through fingers, spontaneously deconstruct, unpack effortlessly, myriad meanings, pointing nowhere, riddle of impermanence, flowing, nothing is fixed. Going nowhere, yet arriving. Journey without beginning or end.  The journeyless journey. Words, not spoken yet heard. illusory precious human life. Buddha, shock and awe, shock and awe. Let peaceful and wrathful appearances, no need for fear, no need for panic. Honestly, nothing to do, no one to do it. Love, dissolve, love. Get out of the way, let love be, don't fight it. Surrender triumphantly. The illusory precious human life, a miracle beyond conception. Be grateful, "you" deserve this. "You" earned it. Infinite merit = present moment. wordless words dissolve yet appear Come together, fall apart, on the spot, on the dot. Quit struggling, why fight that which never was? Wordless words, never spoken. These are the words worth listening to...

I have this friend, who is mysterious. He come's in my life at crucial times, he then dissapears. When I think he is gone, he is right in front of me. He left an archive of writings, letters, jounals, music and other media in my care. The other day I came across something David Penn wrote back in 1989. Things were bad in NYC, David wanted to go and see it on the street level. So he went to NYC and was able to win the trust of a homeless man he encountered under Trump Towers.  David and Willi connected. Willi sold crack or anything he could to survive.  He lived on the streets. He knew some truths about America you will never learn in no university. David must have been inspired because he wrote some prose about Willi. It got me thinking about hidden truths in America. Maybe this is relevant. I apologize David for not asking before sharing, but times are tough, what you wrote helped me. Maybe it will be meaningful for someone else. "All are imperfect in this human w...