In ancient cave near ancient shore,With hand against the rock,Ancient lips blow ancient dust…
This is where the mind goes, left alone,Into mental patterns flowing free,Seemingly at…
With meditation in the smoke,With eyes on things divine,With one breath in — the inward toke,The…
His hands and instrument are one,As spoken by his furrowed brow,A relic of his absent thought…
Extended forth to supplicate,Offering to serve,Or simply asking not to hate,Your response a…
With all of Nature’s fervent force,Wildness strikes the deepest,Erupts the gut, explodes perforce…
Of which might be most weary now,The eyes, the hands, the mouth, the face,Ensnarled and gnarled, yet…
The scream of age unbidden comes,Too often in the night,When guts are ripped and muscles torn…
Always in the girl you see,Her perfect frazzled hair,Her tiny fingers bent,Her unpursed rosy lips.
Somewhere, out there, beyond the latticed scars
