Above the City Lights
18" x 24"
acrylic / canvas

Sitting among blue flowers
whose name is hidden from me
above the city lights
this side of Orion's belt
in a moment much like any other,
the Earth gently heaves at rest
and tries to speak a word that I might hear
but it is also hidden...somewhat.

Hidden by far too many words
and deafened by shrill philosophy
and ponderous consensus
the path to me is tortuous
with weeded twists...
and yet I listen
this side of Orion's belt
this side of the answer
as you do ...sometimes.

Among blue flowers whose
name I just remembered.
I sit in hope
this side of Orion's belt
and listen....somehow