Ellusive

Something larger than I dare to own


I fail yet to conceal it,

To declare it might be certain suicide

This is greater than me or you or any sermon could contain.

Never having known what lay beneath

The shutters and deadbolts and somber, cynical drapes

I hide beneath illusion; the bravery of being out of range.

Swiftly sunlight breaks, measures by measure

Beyond my control or the reach of even one such as you

Brighter than me or you or any sermon could contain.

Raging, white-hot blazing, among layers of

Dust and ruffles and empty, emaciated dreams

Illuminating buried riddles

Darker than me or you or any sermon could contain.

I am exposed, laid bare beneath this enormous power

Consuming the emptiness, the heartache, the resignation

I grip tightly to that which I’ve known

And yet…this is more powerful than me or you or any sermon could contain.

-Cami Krueger 6/1/10