Long have I wandered
Beyond your caress
Ecstasy was an illusive, distant dream
I longed to forget for
Tenderness, grace and touch
Lingered at my front door
Yet I, seeing neither the good nor
The blessing of infinite gratitude
They tucked in their garments,
Sought comfort in the chokehold
Of power, over a tortured soul
Until ghostly, I walked the pale grass
Nothing but a stream of thought
To confide in,
Turbines stirring as matter
Churned in and spewed forth
A gargantuan array of pixels,
Each one as useless as the next
Brushstrokes apprehended as pigmented ash
Worthless in a mechanistic world
Yet dyes and symbols,
Strung together like jeweled necklaces
Dangling pearls of Time herself
Stretch our minds around, beyond
Into the intra-dimensions manifesting with
Speechless, peaceful mossy mazes
Flowering, in the midst of the white man’s battle
To stave his trembling arms from the foulest stroke upon the land
I saw you, for a moment, hearts coincided
Like Galadriel’s white eyes
When I peer even timidly in your billowing gaze,
You see me too.