World Without End

what do I do

with the world without you

no apricot 

no Osage orange

no plum no saffron 

no rose of Sharon 

no sage. 

Porcelain fracture,

Ice water clatter,

Burnt toast,

And the rattle of silver on stone,

Sharon, rose

You ripped open and burst like a bruised fruit, exposed 

To the eye of the universe 

Mother I wish Mother

I wish I could enfold you i wish 

I would give it a very leg and very arm mother I

if I could promise you the soft and the blue and the quiet voice mother

It is god and god it is not

this covenant written in invisible ink 

they say many mansions

I wish

I wish

I wish

I could say to you that there is a golden place but perhaps it is our last moment of quiet 

Perhaps it found you there 

In that final brilliant flash of light do we

does our soul

kiss the horizon

do we 

blink

-

-

-

if we do, mother mother I mother i . 

I would see you if I could choose I would see you and Bill and George and the Boys and love and family and and and and Charlie and mom I would see 

yes indeed verily, 

if only experience beyond Scripture could confirm,

you. 

You

You 

you