Damascus by Ken Cathers, WordCity Monthly Dec2020 Issue4
Damascus
there was a time
I thought
it would all
make sense
the mysteries unravel
a secret knot revealed
on the inside spindle
of everything.
was sure there was
a certain age when
magic tricks and miracles
became transparent.
it has been a disappointment
part of the gradual attrition
of doubt.
I have learned
to expect less
accept the unknowing.
the body fails
memory fades
no secret code decrypted
no new particle
of creation found.
there was a time
I believed in nothing
had almost given up
when a space opened
between one word
and the next
and the whole composition
of things changed:
the sky shifted
the road fell
and there was no escape
from wonder
Born (1951) and raised in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, Ken Cathers has a B.A. from the University of Victoria and a M.A. from York University in Toronto. Has been published in numerous periodicals, anthologies as well as seven books of poetry, most recently Letters From the Old Country with Ekstasis Press. Lives in the country with his family and his trees.
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A very thoughtful poem.
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