centering –

you can Breathe through me in your Long

journey unaligned; you Stake

out Cordial reckonings of fire and ice -- Your

heart Enlarges, Cures, is broken

in Splinters,

hot to handle -- (What

of the

sick child crying

at your doorstep?) -- We

ascend through

instep and Faith to arrive

at your Altar; will You

shelter

us here awaiting Justice with

a Surcharge?

must we burst through this sky? -- Should

we submit Essence for Core? -- We

Curtail

our ragged bones

left and right

heaving at Shores beyond

our knowing --