epiphany i i



you swooped into the world
on the breath of a comet
in the womb of a virgin
and now, such as i am
i am your man
there is much i would rather not do
and a lot that makes me tremble a little bit
like the chill in the kitchen makes me
tremble
but to dissemble, and to hold back
that is the real monster that
i cannot stand
and to withdraw my hand from
the tree of good and evil
after the serpent showed me
is what i could never do
and what i cannot do is shrink back
and what i do fear
with all my heart
is to lose my heart
in fear