Wednesday, January 24, 2018

In the Hallway Valentine

Why is Venus still sleeping
Why is Isis still veiled
Why are we still weeping at our age
 
As if we all weren’t trying to get into heaven
Either by spurning it
And struggling to have it here on earth
 
Or by pretending to be followers
Of the one god or another
Who turns out to be ourselves
 
The one who sleeps in the hallway
Almost certain of his ignorance
As he is of his pride
 
The one cast out
With only the light of his mind
With only the warmth of his heart

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