Wednesday, May 19, 2021

numbers poem (undated winter 2013- 2014)

12  26

There is no reason to fear what isn't

or what is going to happen

13  25

is there?

14  24

light is so many darks

is

infinite

is, is

15  23

there is no formula for happiness

16  22

carving out a niche

a channel

a cove

17  21

illum...

an unintellig...

wor...

is

18  20

light came from the horizon I knew

19  19

the direction was up

20  18

eyes dim as the illness progresses

21  17 

death is not an illness

22  16

terminus

that mysterious illuminata that

23  15

survivor of myth

24  14

my daughter my son

and their children's children

have eyes

25  13

what will they see?

26  12

thirty-four generations ago

you placed a mirror

27  11

in my grave

and it's still there

28  10

shooting stars showers and 

twenty-eight

29  9

even the first lens was lit here

30  8

distance?

forward

backward

an illusion 

31  7

evolving around a fiery star

32  6

in the distance?

surely you see

33  5

lights don't clock

but age

34  4

age ago

and again

and afterward

often all at once

35  3 you

too

you too!

36  2

read

forward backward

up and down

37  1 

direct your gaze to the stars