having disgrace
“creation yearns to re-create a time
when we were able to recognize a crime.”
-James Baldwin
we sold our ancestors
and prime property
for the emptiness and dysfunctionality
of families
wounds of love
scars of slavery
capitalistic sickness
ephemerality
but this has taught me
greater sensitivity
and a transcendental reality
of the Tao that cannot be told
neo-dimensions and discoveries
never young or old
connectedness to the Earth
guiding me through the Cosmos
that by any other means
i would not have been able to behold
extract what you need
allow wisdom’s Spirit to lead
let go, let go of the entropy
let go, let go, of that
which rots and bleeds
[For my ex-hometown of Havre de Grace, Maryland]