Relief


I’m balancing on the head
of a pin with you.
We’ve been chiseling
at the rock of ages;
Whittled it down
to a wedge,
then a sliver,
now to a single point:
we’ve been cornered by heaven.

I’m stuck on the head
of this pin with you.
We’ve squawked about jealousy,
gouged out our complexion,
reminisced about walking,
chiseled away curls.

I am not convinced
that hate is unholy
that truth is a love parade.
We don’t have a bridge to love.
We hammered that sucker
to its grave.
And now we’ve crafted
this single point:
We are a relief sculpture
revealed and solitary.