what turns emptiness

from an asset before the fullness of grace

to a longing liability in a larcenous place

where one takes what one needs

and then makes all the space

that is required by a ravenous heart?

why it is vanity

that has all which it could envision

and then reaches for itself in each moment’s decision

to stand steady before any rank or division

that would conquer it’s ability to start

shining as the light of creation,

brimming with its own expectation,

longing for some spark of sensation,

to avoid the experience of the dark.

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