1

Like trying to grasp the sentiment
in the voice of someone
missing home

or standing still
to hear the endless
tilt and turn of the earth:

knowing that which is immeasurable
giving image to that which is image-less
feeling the almost imperceptible.

2

There is no address
To forty years' wandering,
But amidst this barren desert

persists some hope
floating within yet just beyond reach
In between the registers of time

and an interim--space
where waiting is a high virtue
and believing is only ability to see.

3

It's a place before arrival
but after departure;
"Already; not yet," You say,

Where thirst means
I am
alive

Desire and need meet
And struggle is sign
Of life:

4

(divine)
Discontent
Dis-desire
Dystopic nostalgia

Wresistance
Wrestle
Wreason--
Worth it?

Squint
Stand
Strain for
An answer from afar.


5

A veil, transparent one moment,
Present and beckoning--
Next moment seduced.

The weight of physicality is tangible,
but prone to disintegrate
and disavow,

into the dust that swiftly flies away
disappearing
with the solar winds.

6

I gasp for air
in a place unfulfilled
waiting for consummation

Holding onto a corner
content to grasp tightly onto the glimpse,
finding some solace in futility--

hovering between
beauty and
brokenness.


7

Distance
unbearable
Feet
falter
into a
Dis-
stance:
Fall
finally
no
ground
necessary.