Urge to create, to merge and purge Madness, Fever rendered, heartbeat Shorn, breath a’tremor, lunging

Emptiness meets mid-progress

Disturb chaos, chaotically kneaded Create a lighthouse, spread thin in rows

Wondering words diffuse in an endless field Leaf trails seeped in sorrow, blind, stunned stares Loneliness alley pulped, swallowed

Famished thirst, sprinkle this cracking dryness With wet, pulsing words Let order transmute distant murmurs

For you to crave and rave in chaotic dreams The next salvo in invisible love’s mortar

Bedros Afeyan Pleasanton, CA 8-11-2009