All Over the World the Sun is Rising
Into the Ascent now
three weeks I sat in sadness
seven weeks of recovery —
we’re into the Ascent
I’m marking it by honoring
my teachers inspirations and
influences.
Later I was remembering Jakob J
asking him How are you?
When he said sur-vi-ving
it was ascendant
He fled Berlin just before the War
a victory for sure
But we were standing on the third floor
so many years after Jakob J
in the United States of America
When the curtain parted
I ascended to the top of the chariot of Ezekiel
It was covered with the dew of light
from there I saw everything
I saw us all into the future
a long queue of hungry souls
praying for some good
A pledge to repair
something fine here
something better left behind
Jakob J taught me to say amen when I agree
and when I promise –
I swear.
jsg, usa