SPACE

SPACE

what is different
         about this space?

its peaks, its valleys

white
    noise, grey silence

the windows and doors
with their secret codes

(beg me, beg me
     I may well tell you)

now you have read everything
every smidgen of text
visible or in-
visible

tell me what you have come
to comprehend

so far we
      are from the grand muftis
and great principalities

together in collusion
syllable by syllable chipping away  at
    their stark foundations

sliding door moment for
those believing in change

contriving a space here
where we might

stockpile empathy
dole out kindness
              dish to whom-
soever
is in dire need

shelter is needed
shelter is necessary
              
             the song could
not be

clearer on this

come! Let me sing it for you,

     then
              (change in
tone

different key, switch in
                         pitch

and so let us
now adopt the pose
of silence

contemplate the world
(if any) beyond
this poem

this poem’s afterlife

so to speak
so to spreak

having this very moment
spoken space into existence.