Against the Pane

I did believe that Ino longer cared:Immunity attained,myself now proofagainst the sightof others driftingin the rosy joyful clouds,the bliss of knowinganother,and being knownacceptedwelcomedtouched and moved,embraced,enjoyed… That lessons learned in painwere by now set hardwithin a heart crazedby experience,firmly welded into a wholeby wisdom… Apparently not.

Disconnection

I dreamed a house… bright within and filled with folk,their happiness and quarrelsand blessings and trials,laughter and tears,and all the things of life as folk live it,and though I sought around,front and back and sidesseeking a door, even a window left ajar, no way in was therethat I could find. A feast I dreamed,lavish and …