Amidst the calm in-between stretch Long since the previous world faded to blackness Before the daybreak of signs in a fresh “Let there be” Which swept over non-existent time While darkness slouched interminable On the surface of the deep Only then and never since Has there been a silence so deep Until yesterday An old man observed his own burial The only revelation before his face Constricted preparations for entropy A match ignited with nothing to burn Like all thoughts, voices, footprints His spark, too, whited out He prayed to God for any sign of life And I spoke a command Whose significance seemed barely mundane Yes, I have wandered the vast empty spaces of the heart
