CAUTION #poetry by jay

Blank documents/ in retrospect
alight the nascent day
sun cresting the horizon

meteor showers/ salted debris 
black canvas/ infinite twitches 
flicker against the night

the mind creates 
a fortress/ to ground the body 
to a meaning/ a purpose
to greet each day—

as the turning of lathe to leg 
on wooden post.

Would the Creator grumble if broken?
Of course you ask the obvious
not mistaken for frivolity—

you jester 
a crooked smile 
then proceed with caution. 

©Jay Mora-Shihadeh

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