forever-God

blind leading blind falls
cliff-down to ocean floors
where God blinds light
into dead-sown eyes.
where rocks break to
sand smooth to sore
cautious feet.

flashlight for today's ground--
nothing happens tomorrow
until sunrise seagulls call.

do you hold
with bleeding finger-bones
to the moment
my lungs,
blistered and cracked,
scream Your name?

patience is something
torment can only laugh at.

eternity comes when
flesh disintegrated,
God-strength in
failing. falling. heart arrests.

there is no me,
only You.

through thinly webbed lace
and thick oozes of acrylics
on caving in canvas.

can you bend down to me?
hear me.

there is nothing;
only God.
and all these things pass
like waves
heaving away
from gritty white shores.









You stand forever
like
mountain faces
and
bird's eye views
of favorite places.

You stand forever
like
notes in twilight
reminiscence
and
memories
hand crafted
by our lady
moonlight.

You stand forever
like
death is sudden
and
our clay tented
bodies
collapse.


You stand forever
like
I'll never know,
but always see
and not quite touch
but hear.


You stand forever
like
tomorrow's a promise
and
yesterday fades
and
this moment's stand still
and
friends come and tear apart
and
enemies
sew themselves to you
and


You stand forever
like forever
is nothing
apart from You.