Friday, September 20, 2024

OTHERWORLDLY


Hugging the outside wall

as if a shadow

He sees in the dark, sure

a hint of motion

will converge the guards

 

It is my sudden and strong

Singing voice

they will hear, a fakir's

timeless mantra

on the Fourth Way

 

The saint has made gifts

of his adornments, turned 

land over to the homeless,

and cloaked himself

in a beggars’ identity

 

Outside the gates of the city

that barred his re-entry 

a crowd awaits the Wonderworker

and I fall at his feet, calling out

the 99 blinded names


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