Mount Nebo

From the edge of the world

Where now I stand transfixed

My heart about to burst

With beauty and with love

A gentle gust of wind carries

Across the Valley of Indecison

My whispered words

On these evening wings

Surrounded by clouds of doubt

Misplaced and out of time

Without support or promise

Only presupposition

The merest shadow of hope

That you might understand

My intention....


October 1999

Poetry