Ocafi

Pillars of steel, Pillars of lead   Icicles,      Seafoam,            Carlsbad                                           Rivers of red                                Flow from their bed                                      Rivers clear                                Flow to the ear Straight lines, Streaked lines   Pickets,       Pistons,           Karate                                         River:                           Taste, lust,                                    Rush, roar                                         Pillars:                           Burn, bound,                                

Sentinel Of the path, You lord Over masters: Red ants and Tigers That march Upon ebony, Stalk Under skies Of onyx; Chase grass and leaves; Kneel before blood; Drink flames and Breathe poisons And when they embrace you- like pliers On bolts- Your golden eye Closes.

I am delivered             By one discerned                               And two unknown New life begins            Where old was thought done; A tomb made of Splinter            Becomes a cradle made of Stone I can see clearly            When my two minds                         Become one Close calls called;            Nine Millimeter came   While friends of Fortified Caliber            Aided my eyes’ aim A size-half friend            Says half                         Of my name Fathers of old              Father fancies of flight Fathers of now            Encourage urges to fight My plates are full

I’ve seen the darkness But better I like the light I glide on through the forest On wings made of the night My hands no longer tremble My feet no longer shake My mind is long at peace In dreams each night I make Candle-shadow follows Hiding from the moon Despite the hanging mist This night feels bright as June All I hear is silence, It sounds quite like the snow I see as far as sight, I glide to where I go A window hides a curtain The curtain hides below I peek behind the curtain And see what I must know She lay asleep below me, Her eyelids are closed tight A tear runs down my cheek, Hers glints in candlelight I