To Honor the Abyss

Ferocity of focus! –
surely has an aim –
though cannot find a locus
and so far lacks a name –

intolerable anguish –
too dire for it to say
what it would seek to vanquish –
or what part it should play –

there isn’t any meaning
to latch onto the thing
beyond what’s darkly leaning
upon it – makes it bring

its blood up to its surface
its bile up to its lips
and find a futile purpose:
to honor the abyss –


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