Raw Gold


O, unrepenting mind.
O, unbequeathable dream.
O, unrelenting yearning.
O, undying flame.
O, unhurried thought.
O, unshakable commitment.
O, unexpected deliverance.
O, most longed-for salvation.
O, untenable truth.
O, unsharable desire.
      All lingering
                        within
                                  my inner holds,
                                                   untrammeled,
                                                    untouched,
                                                     unwhole,
                                             making fodder of my heart,
                                                                             of my soul.
O, o, my buried treasures.
O, o, my raw gold.
                                Unfold.
                                  Unfold.
                                        I need you all
                                                        to unfold.
Cross that infernal barrier,
    Unlock that accursed door.
           Break through that blood-smeared wall.
                                                                      Unfold.
                                                                      Guide me out of my cold
                                                                                                          dark
                                                                                                                   prison.


Summer 1996