Monday, October 22, 2018

Birthed Valentine

Even a womb is a dead-end
We must turn out of it
Drive on to another bent road
 
Surely you can feel the hurrying will
The multiplicity that moves us on
Against the unity of the little self
 
I thank heaven we’re not in charge
Of our destinies yet that other forces
Annotate our lives with their histories
 
But if you wake up in some womb
Call me baby
I’m coming soon
 
And if the sea is lapping your feet
And you have turned around
Your face arriving first

1 comment:

erin said...

your first line briskly snapped me to attention. wonderful, peter.