Still thanks to love.


the forest is filled
from root to canopy,

photosynthesis over
exposed to horror,

the salted human fruit left
hanging from telephone wires,

the children staring out to sea
hoping the tide will not come
to drink from them once more,

surely mother will heal up
the cracks in the deepness
surely anger will be calmed,

the small mind is burst
open to universal size,

the young heart is made
long lived at death's hand,

the tiny limbs twisted up
into tensile arms of hope,



-II-

a star shines
a continent shivers
a sea mist covers
a bell rings,

a breath begins
a breath ends
a breath begins
to circle the world,

a heart opens
a heart shuts
a heart opens
to the blood's knock,

a star explodes
a continent burns
a sea boils over
a bell is broken,

the species existent
still thanks to love.





John G.Hall(C)2005