alps



no hunger in the air
just silence
 
the moon spills
a delirium of ancient motions
onto the earth's terrain of somber flanks
flooding sacred snow
and scarred rock

the sky does not know pain
spans the massif of stone
triangular peaks
abstract by beauty

in the caves of your heart
silence whispers
soaring towards one ecstatic hosanna
one shrill
sustained sonic splendor
 
your dehumanized cry
louder
than the echoe of time

poetry