Saturday, August 08, 2015

Even Though



Candlelight on printed page,

the slow progress of reason,

a playing out of spirit and of nerve,

one word followed by the next

in a way they've never been arranged

before – there's the joy in writing

and in reading, even though

it's flaming wax and print,

superannuations, one symbol

followed by the next, even though

it's battered faith and bleeding.