Nay, It Is
As dusk descends we donthe inky cloak of indecision,
of time and rhyme
and words and words and words.
Wrapped in awkward tension,
in court or graveyard,
stumbling in a world of
seems
of moonlit dreams
and the croaking raven
cries for something hidden
to be revealed:
something all too Real,
hoarded behind the stars
by haunting Angels or clutched
in gargoyles' stony grasps:
claws that leave invisible scars
in flesh and heart and nutshell mind.
and still we wonder what we'll find:
wonder in a world of seems
'till bad dreams
come again:
the only thing we know for sure.
13 October, 2002
Café Intermezzo

