alternatives – Page 2 – Love the Dust

As it begins, so it ends

For M.H., and other loves who protected my desireMore

to be learned by heartMore

Most things will end up becoming a storyMore

We used to pray for rain, for sustenanceMore

Perhaps when I finally sleep, I will dream and the world will be made newMore

Our love of certain things does not arise until we have been seduced to them.More

unimaginable momentousnessMore

Just what does the wind do with our flames?More

My grandmother dreams while awakeMore

It might be too late. It might not matterMore

Sometimes, knowledge is courage. Sometimes courage is oblivionMore

Read, weep, rejoiceMore

Human consciousness is not that specialMore

Some of us did such and such in response to the endlessnessMore

Poetry the same but different, as in the beginning so in the endMore