On An Airplane to Hong Kong Questions Arise

they were sliding deeper
into their own lives
enraptured
beyond returning
sliding into tunnels of low light
branch, brick
jungle, alley
sunlit cement, ochre ground
beyond definition
lost
in space
at sea

sliding deeper into
their own lives
sliding into the edgeless place

lost
in jungle
in desert
in duststorm

(are you lost)

traveling
into cloud, sunrise
sunset
through distance
for time
for stories
because they loop, trip, bind
amble into darkness
promise to angel

traveling for lightning
or grace
or origin
or innocence
away from dust

on an airplace to Hong Kong
questions arise
pushing against
the stalled machinery of the forces
unhinging the shifting gate
between day and night

questions arise
how much life can the planet sustain
what about evil
is the planet dead
are we carrion
and the world is dangerous

are we all cipher women
loving killers
because love is a sentence
lined up for miles
around the prison
because love is a sentence
nailing the cipher
with a face and a mystery
because love is a sentence

on an airplane to Hong Kong
questions arise
are we random
why do we think
is specificity
accident
limitaion
grace
or will