NIGHTENGALE

NIGHTINGALE
(for D.Buckner)

Ask the dying.
They will reply:
Shadows reveal the wraith-
I am the rising darkness
Where knowledge
has killed all faith.

Ask the prying.
They will reply:
I have had roses and thorns.
I had had love and scorn.
Is your pain shapeless
Or does it take form?

Ask the trying.
They will reply:
Black is not a color-
But the absence thereof.
Every fear stems from above.
Let me die to prove my love.

Ask the lying:
They will reply:
Like recognizes like- after all.
You have summoned my demons-
Without a call but when this ends
I will fall.

Ask the crying:
They will reply:
The terms upon which
You now measure a life
Have replaced beauty, mystery-
With empirical science.

Ask me.
I will reply:
Be careful what you do-
Be careful what you do-
When you stare into the abyss
It will stare right back at you.



01.26.12
copyright- mine.

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