In The Beginning

In the beginning there was only the holy darkness,
and in that darkness there was a moment of chaos,
and the darkness shattered,
and a great buzzing occurred, a sound that was not there before,
and all the beings in the holy darkness thought that they knew
all about the accident, knew what, and why, and wherefore…
and they were righteous.

When the darkness shattered shards of light scattered
and the righteous believed they could see, truly see,
and they began to dictate, and rule, and control those who were born after
the days of holy darkness.

The righteous believed they could see
never understanding that the light was an illusion
and the noise was a lie.
The truth, the enlightenment, was back in the darkness
Where chaos always lived
where there was no sight
where the silence was as heavy as flesh.

What Are We Doing Here

Even in the light of day the stars are shining down on us.

The sun cascades behind the horizon as if the earth is as
flat as the celestial mysteries hidden far beyond our clouds.

No one knows the mountain, shown in the half moon light that crosses
over the river, one passing the other like a mirror reflecting a casual glance; no one knows that mountain.

A dog barks.
I sight a deer in wild bamboo—

What is it doing here?

Euphemism

Euphemism

It is time to make a choice… think of your future, your children’s future… and your children’s children… your children…

Thinking of the future is like drinking
hot water
from
red velum
paper cups,
too thin to hold much of anything.

Swallowed a toad,
can’t get much worse from here.

The road may fork but neither direction is on the path
traveled or not.

We have to make a decision
it will never be right
always wrong,
but truthful, real, and in the past.
That is what choice is.
Is this what choice is?