III (āpeace, loveā)
Elle, belle, sought a Love
which still ārules the skyā
āof your heartā (yes you!).
Found the road long
and time short
as a holy strong one.
Found the ālabyrinth of tangled argumentsā
fear-filled demons used to counter
Loveās āsweet peace.ā
(āalone in loveā)
I was trying to recall that
those who enter the labyrinth
can leave.
Calculations from the measurements show
this is not so.
Thereās no way around this problem.
I must seek a solution to the geometry
that my future has unverged with yours.
I am not dead but silenced.
(ālike to a sphereā)
Love of sea and land
sufficed. You:
the demon she forgave in the end.
Thought of your betrayal
even to the point of madness.
Worried it through like a rope.
ālikewise Godā
āand of happinessā
ādidst teach thatā
āparadise might be calledā
āa labyrinth ratherā
āthan a gardenā
āIn body like to a sphere on all sides perfectly roundedā
(āthinking of youā)
When you arenāt here
and I call you to mind,
can you hear me?
I conjure a character flush
with flesh, your name as
sign of your life apart,
but have no sense
of whom I address.
Let me ask you: who who who?
Looking for you,
I wander through a dark wood,
a grove, a crowd
of trees, so many I at last
give you worldās enough,
time never to be found:
Can you then see
that giving another somethingā
letās say you these hours among trees
with the space they need
to make the poison choking us
into a potion healing allā
is an example of the gift with no
strings, though you may think
there will always be strings?
(āvergeā)
Elle says: āUnderstand when I see inā
āthe future I mention the futureā
āin order to propose constructingā
āa labyrinth I call Crystal,ā
āalong a park signifying eternity, orā
āthe timeless stream.ā
āWhat I mean to say is paradise,ā
ābut letās speak for the momentā
āof a garden the edges of whichā
āare geometric or evenā
ālabyrinthine. Grass vergesā
āpunctuate the straight lines andā
āloops ofā
āthis deliberately unverdured space,ā
āas inā: My future has unverged with yours.
You have no foresight only facts,
and no vision only verdure.
āFor the moment Elleās by a high wallā
āthat looks out over the labyrinth.ā
(āthe cruxā)
Elle calls and demon answers.
She thinks she knows his name.
This is the crux of her belief:
No one here to fall
back on but herself, she the wild,
and true blue, the only starry night.
She wakes to his face and scent.
If he touched her would she fly?
Turn fearsome angel batting wings
about his ears, flitting in his thoughts
as if to stay? She calls once more:
Go home.
There is no further object or objection.
No sin or sinisterness. Sheāll walk...