#1146 - the list of things survived

 

1146

20.ii.23

4.51

the list of things survived

 

far sleep

and the deaths of all creatures till now

 

city that was and the dreamt town

 

how much normal did we ever get through?

 

those others with scourges, whips

                who spat

the baton brigade of the righteous

 

had we been there, who knows?

 

someone survived all that though

and so we

 

I mean the burnings, all the tortures till

dig your own grave and lie in

 

fears so much larger than life

 

all the vermin accusation

someone has survived

and it’s us

it’s us now

 

you can blame whom you like

 

we survived the sure knowledge in their hearts

light till blinding hate

 

what was called justice then

and till

and still in places dark

 

all sorts of certainties

the little things, the signs

 

we have survived our skins

the neighbours

all this accusation

 

hunches clung to for belief

 

we have survived the felling

the wishing away

 

the cruelty of truth

all aches

the limb from limb

 

crossing of the ice

the lightning strike

 

each sunset on another world

the insect whimper of the wild

 

and catch me, won’t you, if you can

 

here we are

just as

we are

ourselves

as who as any