September 22, 2004
Where am I now, to have fallen beyond my own tender reach?Who are you to hear my voice, the myriad of questions I beseech?
Stretching over definitive borders, stepping through the transparent door
In a simplicity of human empathy, a brilliance I've not deemed before
Tranposing roles, take from me that of which I always play
Turn the years of ambiguity into caring hands and brighter days
Within one human soul, the grueling miles cannot hasten my defeat
The venerable words of wisdom, how they
can inspire weary feet
Allow my heart restraint! Give unaffected poise to my accepting grace
That I shall not instill a moments' worth of bitter taste!
Pardon these, my maudlin words, my verve and my attentions
And yet, forgoing praise would surely slight the value of your intentions
Let me revel in this change, let me, in this lifetime never fail to see
The great and obstinate virulence of an ever spreading complacency
I'll not beg of its formation, I'll not dare build that wall
I'll not be blinded by the stigma that proceeds this tempered fall
Remark upon this line of hope, captured far beyond the truest sense of me
Pattern my words with ignited innocense - fill this world of what I can be
And in this spec of time, I have fathomed a single slice of you
The sentiments of righteous clarity, the exactness of their truth
Outside myself, I crawl; fear relinquished to the desperate need
Surpassing undulating grief to caress the precious gift of me...