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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Gordian Knot

I dream of you now, 

What's that mean? 


Is this the dead-end wall that can’t be seen, 

Until 

Impact the sudden turn with no brakes to lessen the head on collision. 

The six-car pileup with your final gasps from the respirator at the local hospital 

The end without a beginning. 


I sleep in the kaleidoscope of dreams 

Blindly walking down the rabbit hole of infinite tomorrows 

Caught staring at sandcastles built on air, 

Only to watch them be swept away 

With reality’s passing thought. 


Your mind has sharp edges 

A rubrics cube wrapped in barbed wire; 

I would leave my hands to bleed 

To glimpse what lies beneath. 


A box wraps my chest when you come near 

Filling my lungs with molasses 

Leaving me gasping for air and 

Grabbing at another’s words to 

Fill the empty spaces that stand between us. 


A dove with a lioness lurking under the surface; 

Honey and vinegar on the tongue, 

You’re the meal that leaves you starving for more 

When the last bite is consumed. 


Would I beat my fists raw; 

Do I chase wild cats into the darkness, 

Is their a you beyond my own shadow puppets or 

Would you dissipate with the mist of the morning light. 


I would offer what's left, 

Pry it free with my fingertips and 

Drop it at your feet. 


I have switched running from ghosts 

To chasing phantoms, 

Forever wandering on M. C. Escher’s stairs.

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