How does it begin.
How do you start over,
and remain true.
Taking in all that has so far accrued,
how do you build alongside it.
Is it possible,
to tell complacency to be damned.
Do countries
await our arrival.
How do you hold
an equation,
or nurse it
so that it trusts you.
Is it possible, on this stage.
Does the ladder disappear,
or the roof,
can it teach me to speak like a candle.
Like a ten dollar bill
in an old coat pocket.
Can we burn the vine
and keep the tender grapes,
come back from the damned
and remain true.
How will it begin
and what will it end.