Saturday, February 11, 2017

Gazing at Torches

what do we do—as words touch pavements, and death becomes chosen; some sort of fire, this inconvenience, scraping psychic chi; to aflame a monster, as fingers point, where emotions follow structure. i jeer this lie, at cornerstones, to ponder a doubtful Joseph; this humble soul, as thoughts to origins, this source of motives; while crying shame, as that thing lingers, to want it one more time; to show us signs, as more than Jonah, to vet a founding prophet; but more to love, those eyes have not seen, as more those gravid beliefs; where tears are hectic, as fire is alive, to ground self in scriptures; this fortress of cries, as one through wilderness, to utter, The One that said to me; indeed, to live, searching for doves, to witness this outer opening. i’ve sighed deeply, as so hard to love, where academics contradict faith; as chasing theology, or more this dream, as to sit aside that trestle. i’m young fire; or hectic trauma; or this child of mother’s. i’m a found soul, lost at turns, up against something intractable: this furious force—oh as fingers churn—so delicate this creeping hatred; to afford a scar, this place to groan, where cheeks are refusing to turn. our nights are days; our days are nights; where right is wrong, as wrong is right; to flourish this way, demolishing souls, abrasions that chase eternity; that forever cycle, as sorted through grays, where something wicked is awfully rich; but more to love, this difficult flask, searching as crawling for forgiveness; to reach Most High, covered in thickets, while chasing tumbleweed; this desert excursion, screaming as madmen—this needs for surveillance; as a deep secret, to pull it away, as to witness travesty; as fire awakens, to train a soul, To teach us all things; this powerful message, at glories to forgive, while human arts provoke such travesties. i read it closely, tragedy morphs, affected through souls as eternal; to center at gardens, as fueled through centuries, to land by plagues; that curious season, to ask for why—so many deaths and so many scars? they call him, Warrior, this immortal Soldier, to have wrestled with Wisdom—as given life, to one with thoughts, where one attempts to outwit parents: it’s a mortal space; or an immortal arm, as to becoming a lying tongue in the prophet’s mouths. i season this heart, to charm this soul, at woes to fathom this grace; for it means for nothing, as a mortal speaks, while anger seeps into brains; to live as blinded, accused of insanity, while essence remains a casualty of wars: so more to love, as something so hard, while scraping one’s very soul.                

Strumming a Harp

By language we speak to audibility and coherence. To compose to feel understood, in spite of language applied. A person spends years misunde...