Green Peas at Stake

This Dark Thing (Dew Drop 15)

This Dark Thing

                   "I am terrified by this dark thing"
                                       Sylvia Plath

Dark weaves its web
at the center of the earth,
celebrating a black light
of a certain glow, not so kind,
changing plain stones to stars
--all mystery and splendor--
then to black holes, like a fierce ascetic
sending vibes, drilling holes in
your life to turn all your words
into shrieks, for you lived
worshiping shadows with
future diminishing and
a steel wind in a haste;
still unfinished,
you hold up a lamp with
the flame of your oracle eyes.