Embers
Faith Faith has no reason Is not treason to reason But a name for life Awe Terror is lucid Sees through comfort’s vanity Proclaims it ended Grace Grace is of the breath That feeds fire that burns to death, Finds softness in cease Despair Despair ravages Deep secret chambers of heart To crack them open Ash Ash lives in my mind Where love’s fire has burned and gone Leaving this behind Nothing Perfection’s chilly Disability freezes life In name of nothing Grace, Before Dawn Grace, freely given And fortunately received, The beaming of sheen Liftoff Liftoff from Auschwitz The strangest of radiance Light, death joint feathers Teeth With teeth of envy Trap of self-aggrandizement Springs easily shut Jaws With jaws of envy Self-annihilation’s trap Slams finally shut Redeeming Dreaming redeeming Whirls the heaviest turbine Heaviest turban Shortfall In all that I do I fall short, shortfall protects me against the sun