Paradise

Forgetting is an uneven road
enticing with the panoramic
edges of dreams
the center a snake rising
from the ashes
burned alive

The open gate the lost key
the horizon full of abracadabra
and tarot cards
that speak only in the language
of branches without birds

Coming into focus
the face about to fall
the landscape
emerging as it disintegrates
into secrets that choke the air

Thoughts drown in each other
drown each other
out

The hand that grasps
at glimpses of nothing
that opens full of yearning
and then returns

Paradise

To hang its hat
on the crossroads
waiting
for the Devil to fill it
with the details
of another godforsaken
life