Owe it

In a barren land

bloody hands dig

searching for the world

that we owe

Untitlement

Starless night

A murmur was spilled

on the forest floor

The rumor creeps

Someday

This love

at the centre

of the Earth

This love

someday will

surely hatch

Remains

The land filled

with early spring green

None of what has passed remains

but bliss

Baby by the river of longing

If upstream the water was dark

downstream it had darkened death

The bridge had gone

leaving pilgrims abashed

wandering wondering

on the sorry shore

There was no place to swim to

but one where to drown there was

The only safe way was up

Up the steep wooden stairs

Way too many of them

All the way to the cave

we had fled