Vitiated Grail
Stained glass from the Quimper Cathedral in Quimper, Finistère, France. In the beginning was the word Its marrow glistening With the promise of communion And balance In the beginning I was wordless Pacing the cell of my own mind Thrashing thoughts Vying to fuse with matter As breath unfurled into coherence It mistook each signal For a miracle Each motion rang Like shattering glass Among others Woe came to light As utterance was poisoned Under the guise of Might and refinement All, rapturously exhaling tar Drowning the spark of life Blinded by hubris manifest To the utter contempt for each other Shred the tongue to its primordial core just as we are churned by our mangled fates… and behold – meaning …unfettered… Existence is clarity...