hail
17 October 2000
LJA
they pelt me with insistency
bruising skin made soft
through months of being held
protectively within a dream
i seek shelter
for moments of eternity
within the gentle home
in the heart of another
under the shelter of
a poem or thought
a mantra to recite
within my head
but I must journey on
there is a place that i must go
a quest that i must keep
and so i dash once more
into the cold hard pellets
raining on my head
or find myself
without a shelter
curled protectively
in the shadow of a blue green stone
hoping for some of memory's protection
to find within its caverns
some thread of thought
to weave a tent of truths
to carry with me on my road
but with each thread i touch
i only find a trail of smoke
within my hand
words i do not know for truths
or fantasy of fancy's flight
without a reason
without a substance
without the strength
to protect me in these frequent
journeys through hail.
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