There is a language

and

it holds an image of being alive-

it doesn’t make a sound

because it is truly dead.

Without God what do you know?

Today God is the efficient

manipulation of perception…..

Science has been used to uphold religion

and religion reveals to be itself

a mere semblance of its essence.

The shadows have almost become invisible

but

when I look to where the sahuaro is

my mind, body, and essence

constantly struggle next to the owl

and

tear themselves apart to liberate themselves

from two languages that were inherited

through violence.

        -americanus RARAAVIS