I was once witness in the wildernessTo a remarkable occurrence:They roamed like desert animals, scatteredAimless, divided, their worlds shattered.A people estranged and wanting of worth,They were among those who wallowed on the earth.As for streams of water, I found none;Nor any quenched soul, not even one. Then one day the foundations shook,And each were pulled …
On the Night of My Opa’s Death When after night fell, Within a heap of ashes Sprawling the Field of Earth Where in myriads Withering sparks ascended And disappeared Like particles of dust,A coal burned orange there A living ember, a benevolent glow, A beating, flickering heart— But that too twinkled and Went out after …
A slider finds a blind ambition in his ways,And counts his steps for every town he passes byTo brag of his success, to sing his own praise,And people listen, oh they listen intently; a lieThey buy until they realize just how sly the daysHave been, and dark around when light they can’t denyIs surfaced on …