A Pantoum

Pursue Truth with Passion

She seeped in on crimson arterials
and oxygenated my heart
her Psalmic words, my Rumi words
we conjugated in a circle of cedar

Oxygenated my heart
and the Word was made flesh
we conjugated in a circle of cedar
learned ourselves together into tapestry

And the Word was made flesh
scripted scripture, words in red
learned ourselves together into tapestry
lectio divina, our morning song

Scripted scripture, words in red
until covenant stopped her cold
lectio divina, our morning song
funneled away along lifeless blue veins

Until covenant stopped her cold
I never doubted the divine truth
funneled away along lifeless blue veins
I feared death and clutched at what was

I never doubted the divine truth
until she told me she didn’t love me enough
I feared death and clutched at what was
like a breathless runner in pursuit of the finish line

Until she told me she didn’t love me enough
beauty breaks open the human heart
like a breathless runner in pursuit of the finish line
Finish line? finish line? What is the truth?

Beauty breaks open the human heart
I thought she said she spoke the truth in love
Finish line? finish line? What is the truth?
She seeped in on crimson arterials, and