A mind filled by the heart sees a world full of beauty and compassion.
Contents
. ignorance . intensity . indignity . iniquity
Indignity
to enact baseness
to conduct unworthiness
to impatiently dominate
DUST
This candle will sit
up on the shelf
tired and limp
with a burned out wick
refused to be lit
a gentle tap
on the wax
exposes a dry filament
lighting again
this time
dust quickly takes
fast to fire.
© Mari Amman. All Rights Reserved.
Poetry, Prose &Suche VOL I.
First edition 2023, electronic distribution. Text and Images by Mari Amman.
The poems contained within this volume were drafted circa 2006-2009, in Chicago, USA, and edited during spring 2023 in Paris, France, with the enormous support of The Trélex Residency.
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