
Lantern
The lantern’s wisdom I embrace
and the narrow path in front
I unfold with all good inspiration
for the discovery of the one.
Sardonic laughter
ironic smiles short
ever short images of
stolen gazes
when a young sun struggles
to transform the world
into golden miracles.
Human banality
that overcomes
all the dreams of dreamers.
A lantern’s wisdom I present
to my feet
for my feet to follow perhaps
this morning perhaps today
I’ll find Him.
Perhaps this morning
I’ll find the one
who sees man like a man.
Perhaps today
I’ll get to meet the One
who doesn’t stay at the color
of garment or skin
who doesn’t esteem
the value of a bank account
or the number of missiles
pointed against the other man.
Tired footsteps in the agora and
and in the arena
and in the matador’s dreams
as I endure the ridicule of
the inexistent life forms
as I endure the pain of searching
for a piece of the endless blue sky.
Tired footsteps up the steep
face of daylight and the blind
hands of the moonlight.