
What lies beneath
(First Published by Cyclamens & Swords Magazine, April 2015)
Hear the spoken words,
let’s ride
Imagine it dark and still
The words elicit grave excitement
Here there is motion and running
raining and pounding
swimming and thrashing together
with others
of the same lot
Here there will be risk and danger
some will be lost
A single objective
at the end of the journey
Reward, retribution
a fertilized egg
The man races forward
journeyman that he is
perhaps always will be
and for this
we seek no explanation
Thanks to editors, Johnmichael Simon and Helen Bar-Lev for publishing, ‘What Lies Beneath’ in Cyclamens and Swords Magazine. A special heartfelt thanks to my friends and readers in Israel, home of this fine magazine.