PROGRESS
Nobody has called for some
time.
(I was always the death of the party.)
(I was always the death of the party.)
In a way that leaves
a scar, I
no longer wish to love.
a scar, I
no longer wish to love.
(Come a hairbreadth
closer
to this shining
apparition and be consumed in flame.)
to this shining
apparition and be consumed in flame.)
I'm still alone with all the
world's
beauty and cruelty.
beauty and cruelty.
And I
recall
everything,
everything's
here -
what is time? When
is the present?
everything,
everything's
here -
what is time? When
is the present?
I'm still here alone in the
night hours with everyone.
And everything that once
was
infinitely far
and unsayable is now
unsayable
and right here in the room.
infinitely far
and unsayable is now
unsayable
and right here in the room.
~ Frantz Wright
~
(God's
Silence)
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