not

unto this affliction

murmured the man before the stone

i can see no solution 

resolutely and alone

dreamless clouds conspired 

to usurp the hopeful day

their rule on time expired

when threat of rain drifted away

one foot 'fore the other

horizon is a state

if not one concern it's another

would concerns would be away

for all the bleeding we have done

serving at the feet of love

for the devils and saints we are become

was it some other hell you're thinking of?

for these lapses in the social frame

desired doses of affectionate communion

as kisses too soon wane

at lingered tastes of sweetest union

the man wrapped his empty arms about his knees

and stared unto the crimson sky

"oh i do not understand

oh no i don't know why"

despite his ardent love ideal

this did not manifest

reconcile the dream with real

but do not let ideal rest

his ribs constrained for famine's sake

the stone invokes the words at last

insipid things a verbal snake

don't nearly reconcile the past

but in the purge there is something good

the man lifts his head once more to sky

a debt to speak what needs and should

to all the other lonely seekers asking why

they are alone 

and you

are

not