What This Means

There is no easy
explanation, no definition crammed
between two guide words,
no simple illustration for an act
of beautiful futility,
a moment of hope or foolish
abandon.

What it means is what it means,
what it feels like or looks like
up close or from a great
height or distance,
a narrow shaft of light or murky depth,
a subtle whoosh of warmth
or tumbling crash
over the edge of the flat earth,
into dragon-infested waters
over the last, high ridge and down,
always down,
to the undiscovered shore.