A PLACE TO CELEBRATE

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ECCE BORNEUM XXI!

 A P’SLAM FOR THE MILLENIUM THE WORLD ENDS IN

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BEGUN 27 MARCH 2012

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(I)

Behold Borneo

Ecce Borneum

Beautiful of Body

Pulchra Corporis

Perfect in Spirit

Perfectum in Spiritus

Not born of Humanity

Non ex Humanitas

I am the Stuff of Stars

A Effercio Stellarum

Behold Borneo

Ecce Borneum

The True Vessel of Life

Verum Vas Vita

(II)

Behold Borneo

Ecce Borneum

For as many years

Nam quot sunt

as there are Parasites on My Body

Parasitos in corpus

I have been here

Hic sum

(III)

An Island at Time’s horizon

Insulam ad temporis horizonte

A Speck in the Eye of Eternity

Festucam in oculo aeternitatis

I am the Germ Cell of Life

Ego sum germinis cellam Vita

Behold Borneo!

Ecce Borneum!

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SKETCH BOOK ~ STAGE ONE ~ COMPLETED APRIL 7 2012

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STAGE TWO STARTED APRIL 8 2012

(IV)

Approach Me in Awe

Accedere me est in reverentia

 

Savour the Fruit of My Body

Odoratus fructus mei Corpus

 

If You dare

Si audeat

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Covet the Jewels in My Hair

Concupisces Ornamenta est in coma

Child of the Sun

Infantem sit praedicto Sol

Bright burning in the Firmament

Clara ardens est in Firmamento

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Drink of Me

Bibere de mecum

 

My Essence is Yours

Mea essentia est Tuus

 

And Mine Always

Et Meus Semper

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I am Borneo

Ego sum Borneum

 

(V)

Host to a Host of Hosts

Ark of earthly design

Arcam terrenus consilium

Paradise sought found and lost

Paradiso quaesitae invenit et perdidit

(VI)

A Babel sweetly burdened by it’s complexity

Confusionem suaviter onerati per scriptor complexionem

A Life measured dissected dismembered

Vita mensus secabat adfixi

Dispersed and disposed of by My Servants

Dispersit disposita per servos meos

(VII)

But I prevail

Sed praevalebunt

For I am Life without end

Quia sum Vita sine finem

In a World without meaning

In Mundus sine significat

I am Borneo

Ego sum Borneum

(VIII)

I am your mother

Ego sum mater

Ravaged by greed

Percussitque avaritia

Violated by envy

Violaret invidia

(IX)

Torn asunder by petty Princes

My Mountains still suckle the Clouds

Mea Montes adhuc lactaverunt in Nubila

My Tears still quench the Forest’s Green thirst

Mea lacrimae tamen extinguere Silvae scriptor viridis siti

(X)

Dissolving My Heart Rock

Liquefaciens mea Cor scriptor Petra

Water binds Me to the Sea

Aqua ligat me ad mare

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SKETCH BOOK ~ STAGE TWO ~ COMPLETED 23 APRIL 2012

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Why do You deny Me?

(XI)

I am Borneo

Ego sum Borneum

An Island in the Sea of Man

Homo insula maris

I offer Refuge and You ravage Me

Ego offerre refugium et tu conculcare me  

I offer Comfort and you rend My Raiment

Ego offerre consolamini et scindite vestimenta mea

(XII)

I caress Your Body and You spurn me

Ego blandientur Corpus tuum et spernis me

Blinded by light wrested from the sun

Excaecatus lux extortis sol

Drowning in Blood of Wounds You cannot Heal

Submersam in sanguis vulnerum tu potest non Sana

(XIII)

Drunk on elixirs of Your own Concoction

Biberunt in elixirs de tuum LIQUAMENTUM

Consumed by Poisons promising Salvation

Consumpta venena promittens salus

Choking on the Putrefaction of Your own Corpses

Suffocatio in putredinem tuum Funera

(XIV)

Stumbling starving and parched midst Plenty

Offensionis emistis et arida medio Copia

Still You Multiply

Tamen multiplica

But as many as Leaves on the Tree

Quotquot autem lignum Folia

You are Blind  to the Fruit proffered

You  Die  without Hope

Te absque Spes

My blossom annointed

Mea flore unctus

A Seed swaddled in the Flesh of My Womb

Educavi semen in carne mea vulva

Falling falls to the Forest floor

Cadens cadit ad Silva area

The Promise of Eternal Life

Promissiónem aeternam Vita

Rotting Carrion to the dogs

Putredine CADAVER ad canes

(XV)

Behold Borneo

Ecce Borneum

Attend Me well

Attende me bene

(XVI)

I am the Tree

Ego sum in Arbor

That bears You

Qui fert tu

(XVII)

I am the Rock

Ego sum Petra

That cradles You

Quod cunas tu

(XVIII)

I am the Water

Ego sum Aquarum

That cleanses Your Soul

Quod purgat tua Anima

(XIX)

I am the Air

Ego sum Aer

That You breathe

Quod tu spirant

(XX)

I am the Light

That dispels Fear

Quod discutit timere

(XXI)

I am Mother and Father

Ego sum Mater et Pater

I am Hope when You have No One

Nec habeas spem mihi

I am Borneo

Ego sum Borneum

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You am I

Te sum ego