Monday, July 18, 2022

THE UNDECORATED SELF

It's written in letters 
so huge
that we miss them,

in a sky
we're so keen 

to elbow one another 
and point to

and croon out a name 
like diamond blue
or blood red 

when we know 
deep inside 
that neither of them is true: 

in a world 
that's so conspicuous

it's hard 
to be understood,

it's even harder, through 
all of our striving 
to do so, 

just to be silently 
seen.