When I woke up I was in a
forest. The dark
seemed natural, the sky
through the pine trees
thick with many lights.
I knew nothing; I could do
nothing but see.
And as I watched, all the
lights of heaven
faded to make a single thing,
a fire
burning through the cool
firs.
Then it wasn't possible any
longer
to stare at heaven and not be
destroyed.
Are there souls that need
death's presence, as I
require protection?
I think if I speak long
enough
I will answer that question,
I will see
whatever they see, a ladder
reaching through the firs,
whatever
calls them to exchange their
lives--
Think what I understand
already.
I woke up ignorant in a
forest;
only a moment ago, I didn't
know my voice
if one were given to me
would be so full of grief, my
sentences
like cries strung together.
I didn't even know I felt
grief
until that word came, until I
felt
rain streaming from me.
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