Poem #40 from a second series of meditations titled: the Pilgrim (2)
Back to the Pilgrim – Introduction
it is only those who survive
pilgrim
who are able to tell their tales
enlarged as they are
by the distortion and extremity
of experience
the dead
communicate in more limited ways
through posture
and rictus
for them it is necessary
to show
© Frank Prem 2006
the Pilgrim (2) Poem #41: notes on hope and redemption: #17 – descriptive limitations
