Thursday, August 7, 2008

The Way To Fly

This could be the bridge
May I be so bold to claim 
The dim lighting brewed bean smell 
That wrinkles in our faces hold it all 
The secret that formed constructs of religion 
The fettered wiggle free from grudges rope 
That with time and space 
The wrinkles again 
Which held for years await 
The darker deeper crests of weight and trial 
To the touch, softer than spikes recalled
And from demon eyes 
Rose human life in every form 
From malice, resentment, indignation
A child soldier 
From remorse, negligence, solitude
Widows of war 
From joy despite the soreness and ache 
The aged and illiterate 
The wrinkles, which examined closely enough 
Peer into the heart
The identity, though perceived at a time 
A monster as relentless as time itself 
Now only and simply a human form 

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