Camino de Santiago
It may take the pulp
of
my knees to walk
the whole way
into the Gulf of Lyon,
into the Gulf of Lyon,
down the music aisle, the
hardware
store, Friday's
fix of eggs for a
pilgrim's dinner, the
meat of a lime and a
clean sink with crumbs
from late buttered
toast.
The God I know is hiding
The God I know is hiding
with wind lingering
in
pine scented trees,
pooling
this way, needles bristling
softly in a breeze
whose fur protects me
with change. My hands
are pregnant
with the
juice of
wanting. My
psalms cringe with joy and
mystery. I have tasted
lemon church tea, the
mistral of
consequence, the
resolution
of ant hills that
take the hard driving
rain,
melt down to the ground
melt down to the ground
and fix themselves again
as if love never came.