by Karl Kempton
define expanse when freed
from illusion in the evening
of impoverishment
a humble unknown pulls
from vest the pocketed hand
kerchief that unfolds filling
night with star clusters & orphans
standing before logic’s wall opposing
sealing off intuition’s vistas & love
rooted between this or that
uprooted tree of life lumbered
coffins for assassinated verbs
buried in graveyard of nouns
protecting against afterthoughts
logicians & spawn bow to demigod
indifference to unintended consequences
humble one directs metaphors
of opposites to collide cracking
open resistant doors hinges rusty
with fear of the light of lights or)e
is it of what upon its waves coasts
the crow from where no one knows
carrying in its beak white pebble
once caught in throat of big bang
lands on hermit’s shoulder
gifting condensed light
by consciousness’ long hand
carved symbols all is
not light but sound of
consciousness in silence
faceless though seen
in every face
silent though heard
in every sound
bodiless though embodied
in every archetype
waits hatching
in every heart
wearing for your comfort
a known divine costume
easter egg in its basket
handles n & w
the cloud of unknowing
a
mystery
some say
however
let
us
see
&
feel
it
as
divine mystery’s
soft forefinger on
the third eye eye lid
waits ego offering
of surrender
to
lift
off
opening
to
veils
of
light
known
along
bhakti
ch’an/zen
shaman
sufi
pathways
journeyed
within
on
our
blue
gem
a
choice
of
fire
from
wet
o)re
dry
straw
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