1/30/21

 



why can't the touch of a thorn 

be divided into infinite light


and why can't i grow light

from a seed


when all that is dust returns to song

                                             where will i be found





1/20/21

 



upon the death of the mortal vine :: shall my veins grow new wine




1/17/21

 



when we turn against the sea

how many deserts appear


when the poem sheds its final skin

why does one still have to wait for dawn


for how many lives after i am gone

will my heart come searching for me




1/16/21

 



how many years have fallen

along the path between two autumns


is the leaf falling through my shadow

also my shadow


and when my rain bleeds to death

whose poppies are fed




1/2/21

 



when night coughs

can you taste your birth


are my skies too many to bury


why is shadow the shortest route

to unexpected light




1/1/21

 



where is the river

to cleanse my oceans of sorrow


how many dawns

have tied a prayer

to my rose


why are there species of flame

found only in our dreams