burn long and hot
old cowardly flame
fill all the old emptiness up
with the echoes left from
another dark shame
bury deep
though unnecessarily so
your charred guilty ashes
even as you ravenously consume
all that is boundless and good
eating all possible mystery of life
away
as only any true guilt of the flesh
ever could
but remember your hours are doomed
and your influence upon the flesh
will never touch the soul
you are unworthy of any further ponder
by this spirit's angry hand
your chaos missed its goal
dark thoughts
can not capture
this child of the light!...............
(Jan. 17, 1998)