I’ve seen him

 

I’ve seen him I’ve

            Felt his tug at my whole being

 

When I looked at his massive face

            So very dark

            An implosion crushed the body

And I stood dead as he passed

 

No emotion, but all emotions

            …. and I gasped at the cosmos

            but two feet away

 

the body was spent

            and breathed in tears

            but I (awed in human wonder)

            picked up the broken parts

            and left the airport.

 

SEAN SIEGLEN