the secret of all directions

 

the secret is whispered in dark

as rising as falling as air moving in sleep silence and calm
her breath a small steady wind believing me to the secret i screamed at and made known

a secret destroyed analyzed dissected becomes broken

signs previously revealed

{secret summertime window-unit air conditioners alleviating hell;
triumphant ferry rides across bodies of water;
and bringing a child into this world;}

cling as loss
as nothing
as gross
as evil perhaps
reveal that which should not be written revealed

to one who had given me life

broken trust with a traveler, a god, a lover
off-colored salt habitually filled damages and
bitter scalpel inspected the works the wounds
corpses rolled in graves
words not written

balloons deflated on all membranes

and now magnificent glory
the secret is whispered in dark as rising as falling as air moving in sleep, silence, and calm

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One Response to the secret of all directions

  1. nicole lowery March 5, 2010 at 11:21 pm #

    poetry captured. completely believeable raw and destinguished, the secret of violation and truth revealed to innocence, never easy to do on any level, its a pride and a human condition

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