not a word

For Candy, and all the illusions and delusions we have dispelled with more than a word, for faith without deeds is not faith, it is hollow songs given on the way out the door until there is no longer need for pretense.

not a word

love is not a word
to be seized upon
like an unruly cat
and scolded in futility
for it does not know
what it is in trouble for

love is not a word
to be dropped from a height
just to see how large a hole
it leaves in the sidewalk
when it hits next to a stranger
and splashes them sharply

love is not a word
but a purpose, an essence,
the blood of the veins of God,
handed out in tiny cups we hold
in hands that we forgot to wash
because we arrived late to the sacrament


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.