Wire

taut wire

Below,

ink slimes its black

and worms trails

in souls with words

scratched indelible,

pithy as coal

Above

oxygen breathes colour

and swims in silky

tides billowing,

angels in tow

while

Between,

I

stretched taut,

frayed wire hung

from precipitous

mantle, reach

for what

is mine

As the Rain Drops

As the rain drops

                                     Cold and wet

the world’s tears

                                                    Driven by cloud-fury

green the grass

                                                           Laden with bitter and broken

bless the farmer

                                              Dismal and dark

and make of the earth

                                 Painfully intoxicating

a bread basket…