a thief

night fox grey
wending 'tween
bone and shadow
a heartwood thief
autumn her eyes
& burning bright
black forest of
stolen dreams

forget cores

don't sell me
trinket reality
give me
hard edge racket
screaming molotov
thrown black ramble cars

crystal

in the caves

in the caves

in

the

crystal caves

waters mirror
ancient faces
and i hear
the grey songs
echo and calling
me bandaged eyes
home
beyond the veil

wash

nothing burrows
underskin
epiphany's one flaw
all that remains
is a craving
to have a craving

wondering:
will that, too,
wash?

dark wood hermit

a mad hermit
in dark wood
of mind
carving reality
with steel
seeking a gnosis
not found bound
in books
he eats his own
careful to skip
that precious bone

carving the base

redemption
carved out of
base wood
cutting away excess
to send to flight
and see old ways new

hrafn black
uncovered by
bare hand