1.
hidden springs grotto
with its iron grill and bolt
I Love Jesus
scratched in stone by the bench
nervous graffiti
in the nether regions of mother earth
2.
world of sleep
sealed off from morning coffee
recurring dream
of a sad city
ruined
basilica
3.
the heart
4.
mountainside
with its flight
of stone steps
I’m too crippled
to walk up
mountain laurel
5.
green earth forgotten
like a rusted key
and no one
remembers
the doors it opens