Human Autumn

Inspired by Loren Eisley's All the Strange Hours

Human autumn

before the snow

last attempt to order meaning

before a spring breaks

in the rusted heart

and dreams and memories

fall apart

in irreparable ruin.

Oncoming age

is a vast wild autumn  country

strewn with broken seed pods

hurrying clouds

abandoned farm machinery

and circling crows

family countenance

leaping from place to place

across oblivion.

 

A Dream of a Thousand Heroes

Poem after finishing The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Cast out on the waters

at the hands of the gods

to everlasting chaos

Ego shattering initiation

over a sea of pangs

and discovery of evil

Double monsters

need twin heroes

Have faith father is merciful

Open the sun door

and return home

with the wisdom of an eternal spirit

and the cosmic dance.