all has reversed, gone void
each thought a masked deploy
confusing sense: heat cold
more less, body and soul
only the light of dreams
in which I stand blasphemed
lost blind, a sack of straw
facing windy mouths abhorred
land is accursed, sea slimed
with foulest human crimes
at what expense to hide
the fratricidal eye
the ghosts of years file past
like candles in a glass
and I a sound unheard
to stop the murderer
dawn chanticleers no peace
there is no west no east
space closes round the speck
man claims as architect
log for a voyage
we have taken to words on page
without speech
we have taken to birds in cage
within reach
forsaken the meaning of lips
forsaken the free wing that dips
we have shaken the fruitful tree
of belief
we have shaken the brutal sea
for relief
mistaken the evils of sin
mistaken the wheels that spin