Blizzard Bacchanal
As if the earth were to go on and on forever another four inch layer of snow silently covers time and space out the…
It can’t be coaxed
the wind
to go thinly into a tiny chamber
except by Allah
Light
unless it is pushed ahead
by invisible forces
swifter than anything
remains in the dark
The captain
atilt on the high seas
unless he turn by Allah’s bright stars
can’t steer to safety
By Allah alone
these things and centipedes
fluttering along a branch
in a hurry or dreamy nights
on a bridge overlooking
moonlight
reflect in the face
like the first cause
Whose Face kept in shadow
unless Allah illumine it
opens this day
for us
8/23/2004 (from Cooked Oranges)
Categories: Poems