As/Is







5.19.2006


To the valley below

You want to know
when
during that fog, I ventured.
I was seeing
sacred things
closest
to night.
High
among the stars
war
in heaven.
The outcome-
impossible destruction.
I imagine
the fire, the end.
Fear.
Spectres
into the pit.
How happy!
Free of that blight!
Flickering light.
His expression
grim and sad.