The Cost of Paradise
The Cost of Paradise
“The tree that would grow to heaven
must send its roots to hell.”
Prelude
At the whistled mortal interval
broken for the washing of feet
& breaking of bread
a path stumbles where crumbling bricks
meets dark thicket
infected by cankers & conks
in the sanctum sanctorum of druids & sorcerers.
Blinded by rotting branches
...
Thursday 13th July 2023 8:40 pm
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