Revelation

The shadows are swallowing the house.

There’s a softness to the air

that will turn on you by noon.

Heat from black pavement will smolder

proof

earth is struggling

to breathe.

Keepers of prophecy,

who know

how air above tree level

moves before

falling from the sky

to become river

flowing into sea,

retreated to high mountains

long ago.

Their patience

wisdom

that will shatter every

belief

you claim

to know.