Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Given To Great Wonder

 

Born inside, flickering into flame, negotiating with dreams. Numen departure, soaring into silence, reduced to mere basics. The face in its mirror, the scream as is shadows, taking to heart those finding joys; so far across the highway, superseding expectations, regathering particles of pride. I may never see the final exposé, misunderstood, looking intently—filled with misuse, trying to fathom—the ink in its deliverance. Living it out the flurry in its shifts, roads to shelters, life giving back our presumptions.  Stepping into an armoire, redressed at each churn, trying to fix a perfect outfit; much an earthquake, sorting through firebrand, attempting to locate diamonds—more sin, more fears, wondering how time became popular. In these few years, caiman genetics, needing closure … brighter lights, feelings in cloves, to watch and bring it to life—such a soul—claiming a pardon. Quilted beliefs, etched in spaces, knitting The Great Distance.  

I’d Save The Reader Years

    The beat becomes sickness. A long crucible—a drilling ecstasy. I was losing focus, feeling forbidden, if to self, if to mirrors. So curs...