1-21-14 b

from my book entitled "This"


Joy In This
1-10-14

Choosing today my joy
In just this
Yes, just this
Smoking of the Lebanon
At the chime of eleven
Where salvation can wait
Along with what is as our heaven
In the third year of our king's reign
Life will go on just as it was
Speaking freely to our master of eunuchs
Just because
Choosing today my joy
Where in any state I am content
In just this, yes, just this...





This Is Real
1-10-14

Proving our servants
By our days, ten
To appear as robust
By way of the pen
Building my bridge from now
Unto what is then
Choosing not to defile myself
With the king's meat and wine
Content with the light of day
In requiring not a sign
Given water to drink and pulse
To see it to be real
And no longer quite as false
Yet content in this
Yeah, just This...