Alone Together

Back to the start -

The shimmering light

Of my own aloneness.

After a long night,

At celebrations end

Everyone departed

Leaving this house

Desolate, with each

Object in it,

To itself.

The owls have

Fallen asleep,

The crows

Merged into the night,

The stars

Swallowed by the distance

And I, finally

Alone.

O, how I’ve missed

This place where

Questions, answers

And meaningless pursuits

Have left my tired flesh.

Even my one

True prayer -

To lose it all -

Has fallen into a well

So deep that

Only listening

Remains.

* * *

I have no

Limbs, I’m all

Tears and confusion

Dancing

Maddened joy

Right in

The heart of

Of lamenting,

The howling reach

Of all living things,

The last breath

Escaping all desperate

And inevitable endings.

Sorrow

Undressed is love;

Hatred,

The fullness of light;

Rage, unblemished joy.

Please

I beg you,

Remember

Who you are.