Were I to Blog what would I do? To touch another mind in the sanctity of secrecy is a curious wonder. Far more than a glance across a street ending in only assumption and guesswork. Here I reach out to touch a pool in a dark cave.
Know Fear
I know no greater fear
A flashlight is all it took
To break the will of my flesh
It spilled the raw truth
In the luminous red glow
Between my fingers
I am a story of blood,
Opaque flesh, obscuring bone
Yet I have met a man
With no hands
And so much to tell
I know no greater fear
My eyes peer from caves,
Tethered lest they fall
Lest they fail
To tell my ears
What they are hearing
I am a story told
Through sights and sounds
Yet I have seen a woman
Deaf and blind
And so much to tell
I know no greater fear
I have seen injustices
And shed no tears
I have felt a hand
Touch my brow
I have felt the cold
Am I a story
Of spirit written on flesh
Yet I see a man
Reflected back to me
With nothing to say
I know no greater fear
(Brad Koop April 2001)
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