FALLING FORWARD

 

I stood in the fire today waiting for  rain.

To soothe my blistered and mutilated skin.

My love, my bitterness-

The excrement sitting at the floor of my conscience.

 

The healing of internal lacerations.

That must be seen to be believed.

I stood at the ocean’s edge under a  moonlit sky.

Sweet liberation, glorious reprieve.

 

I stood in the ruins today waiting for a sign.

To strengthen my emasculated soul, mend a  splintered mind

My emotional castration, joyless ejaculation-

The perfect strangers I called lovers, suspect infatuation.

 

The rise to a full measure of dignity

Stronger than ever for this occasion.

I stood at the ocean’s edge under a  setting sun,

Sweet reprieve, glorious liberation