FROM THE MOMENT

FROM THE MOMENT

from the moment
Christopher set eyes
upon the New World
he was plagued.
by double vision

a world not
the world he had remembered
not the world he had anticpated
it shifted
    in and out of recognition

something so exceptional
about this place

whispering voice of
the Great Spirit, invincible towers,
        swathes of wheat

light and darkness, darkness
inside the
     light

suddenly Europe a land forgotten
the tired and huddled masses

Christopher scanning
the Eastern horizon

wondering,
          stocks and shares
permitting

how many leagues their
ships lag behind