Poem 168: A Flood of Owls

In the Christ mass wars

the advent of wreaths

in the citadel of reason

the earthquake of doubt

in the apple of time

the migration of worms

in the weight of angels

the roar of sunlight

in the transparency of stone

the crash of shadows

in the eloquence of water

the echoes of love

in the sentence of words

the rush of silence

in the church of trees

the man on fire

in the secret

of the walled garden

a flood of owls.