Friday, 30 September 2011

Words fail


Can you speak of leaves,
explain the wind
or one man’s shirt
and woman’s nightie
hanging on a single line?
Scuttering clouds,
lilies in ponds;
fallen cars
in a river or ditch?

What permission
came from Buddha,
Allah,
transparent angel
or swinging cross
for you to know
the meaning of such
flittingly
awesome
words?

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