In Perpetuity

Black or white
Darkness or light
Left or right
Fight or flight?

Like a crossword puzzle
Or word search
The answer is there,
Clear as a revelation
Hidden in all the scritch scratch
Of careless bleeps and bloops
That never made sense to you.

But when you finally see the clue,
All the broken pieces of truth
Align in perfect
Fractal trajectories
Of a divine making

And the alphabet blocks
Begin to stack in your favor.

The light moves up, down, and sideways,
Circling sacred signs and syllables
With delicate loops and deep grooves
Etching the heart of the matter
Into the lexicon of time
Where love will speak
On your behalf
In perpetuity.

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February 23, 2022
Acworth, GA