July 7, 2022

wasteland

what is alive still in us,

proof against the age and rage

and slowly eroding hope,

what still rises within fresh 

as a fish to a flung fly 

when we greet half-willing day,

what embers of force still live,

what passions could we persuade 

to stay, greening our browned hearts,

what baggage do we carry

that is of use, not burden

but blessing, a pyx of gold,

what do we have left to hold,

whom does the grail of our hearts

still serve, and have we yet nerve

enough to reach out for it

with joined hands, peregrine souls,

no map, just a homecoming?








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