Stars end up the wrong side of the galaxy,
Beliefs confuse;
Logic and reason breed chaos and confusion,
But with inspiring soul,
Life is...............marvellous, brilliant, fulfilment…….
Flowers lose fragrance and hues,
Birds mute and naked,
Fishes freeze in the darkest depths,
Love-sex turns meaningless and pointless,
Life ends into marbled stillness,
Sun darkens strangling mother Earth,
Into one eternal deadly night.
Moon at narrowest crescent fails to grow,
Spring halts blossoming the lawns afresh,
Tender infants suck blood of mothers’ breasts.
Flowing streams tangle centuries old meanderings.
Faith is a joke;
Hope: despair;
Charity and love hatred.
Values ebb to lowest depths,
Progress stands at an abyss of stagnation,
Chrysalis fail an orderly meta.
Ballast float,
Air sinks,
Time confuses a disorientated order,
Trees bury foliage, expose roots,
Breathing over the burdened shoulders,
Joseph Ciantar. 1997