| Always and Contrary Tragedy rose when the road climbed, long and ever back to where once I emerged, Eros and Agape flocked together, earthen-residue spears adorning the long embattled gods. skimming e'er so near the lily heads Their rhyming spats retreated, when the horse's canter synchronised, sliding trees leant t�ward the ditches, their spindly moon-drunk branches shielding tiny derelict houses. night-watch jasmine eyes draw love from mountain winds; Sacred was the night that we sang our own dance, I remember the night jesters scattering sanguine, over and around our doorstep. 'always and contrary, glide across my petal skin.' shalome � 2004 |