Kingdom up for Sale

 

 Kingdom up for Sale

 

 

 

the closing in

epiphany of estrangement

desolation's royalty

a king of nothing milling around

in a nothing land

the walls hard

the engagement of bewildered subjects

verbs missing

modifiers dangling in arid air

clenched crown

squeezing what's left in the eye

that sees the cherub

that sees the future

where Eden reinvents itself

and nakedness of joy

runs unabashedly

refusing to bow

or kneel

or be subjugated

to the oppressor of smiles

 

until the eye shuts out

forever,

forever.

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/8/1o

Reviews

[Bacchus]

Still figuring this one out. But keep coming back to it.

[Bacchus]

I'm back- is this Jesus? If it is- so beautiful.
If it isn't- still beautiful.

[Lyn Anderson]

For me, this is almost like two poems in one. The first part says something very different from the last -- I really like the image of Eden as a joyful place once again -- where nakedness is celebrated.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, KL...
j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Seeing Eden as an isotope of radiant beauty. What an explosion into the future of now.

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Al.

j.

[highonwords]

it's like saying goodbye to words, because the muse has gone, and there is nothing to say, but to abandon the desk forever

best,
steph

[jacob erin-cilberto]

just posting some old junk...thank you for the kind words,

j.