i in the Fire Eye in the pond a nickel dropped down the well explosion of ripples a tenderlick of flame reverberates ignites upon meeting itself rises in definition appeal to sublimity original thought eye in the fire Dreams of dark fishes and tin tinkle wishes liquid expansion of air candle lit holding there Would there be one to climb shoulders of self to find an angel's warp see beyond the eye, sky of me dare to ascend the pyre desire the eye in the fire We gon' go down slow We gon' slip beneath the skin natural as sin ~Thomas (WORDWULF) Paul SternerHowe |