Let Us Weld
Acetylene eyes: focussed blue flashes
Cutting into undiscovered senses;
Drilling through armour-plated defences;
Barely shielded behind flickering lashes;
Scattering inadequate masks behind,
Coolly unaware of what may ensue;
Unavoidable once attended to;
A greater light impossible to find.
Before concentration diminishes,
Lest revelation turns dreams to ashes,
This spark can create a beauty greater
Even than our molten regret later.
A more attractive glow I've not beheld.
Bring rod and flame together: let us weld.
2000-01-29