sojourn, selah

Going
Once upon a sojourn
Selah
Bullnose'd
Speed-square'd

As battalion

As ears

As ancient
As twinkle in my father's eye
As fire-breathing dragon

As sticky-eyed, droopy-eared, bobble-headed pup

pursuant

till shape takes

till form fills

till hill’s flatten

till valley cantilevers

till tower tumbles
till boulders stack in river's bed

like mountain is holy
like face is glowing
per covenant
till old and worn
like curtain's torn
like wells of deep water
drawn upward till tasted
like law is etched in flaps of heart

like hell is possibly burning

like hope is per chance eternal

brother said that
"decisions

based

on

fear

are

like

giant

pockets

created

for

future

regret"

and james said that
"anyone

who

listens

to 

the

word

and

does

not

do

what

it

says

is

like

a

man

who

looks

at

his

face

in

a

mirror,

and

walking

away

forgets

what

he

looks

like"

i say that
i'd
believe
them
but
i
might
have
forgot
how