Things / I am
Driven, yoked, lashed, lamed,
carved, cloaked, kept, claimed;
we are not and never named.
Things that lurk and listen lurch
and leaping make meals of us.
People who are not us
feeding and leading us and
beating us. Beating us.
Immaterial, fade away:
They get away from us.
What is a name?
A name is not us.
Masks / Faces
This face is not a stranger’s face,
to mask me or hide me, or mark
or divide me. It does not stay in place,
But remains on the lips and in the dark
to confide in. It cannot play games.
This face is not for falsehoods freely
to reside in, it does not shift blames
to other people; not who I can be,
It is who I am.