Gate Knowledge (enhanced)
Dec 10, 2013
Gate Knowledge
This is where the desperate stitches
begin to take hold -
In the wary edges of unproven cloth;
In the delicate fears of virtuous women,
In the fevered robes of noble soldiers.
She is perhaps so much more blasphemous
than we should allow -
She finds her warmth in a sun
far removed from our own -
She trims her plaintive lamps
in a selfless pool of certain oil -
(She carries her purple well.)
I had no choice but to love
this uncharted island dreamer song -
I was known at the gates
of an alien Jerusalem,
the soulless destination of unprovable men;
I was a sailmaker searching
for a comforting wind,
I was a proud man searching
for everything but pride.
Now these are the hands
that pull me back from myself,
Now this is the heart
that forces its way into my own;
Now these are the eyes
that see only the harbor,
Now this is the woman
who moved Solomon's pen for him...
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