[Chai]

"Web"

by Chai

There is a man across the street
He will not tell us his name
We stand on the dingy crowded walk
Overflowing trash bins damp cigarettes
Spindly nature death around us
Only the blue sky can breathe.

We stand on the dingy crowded walk
Three hunched figures wilted umbrellas
The man binds hearts together
Stitches hands to hands and hearts
Into giant rhythm pulses of love
Into harmony and peace, a House of Love

My father lived in a House of Love
Coaxed heart to beat and beat with others'
Taught by the man who speaks
With words that float out
And touch every part of the Universe
He will not tell us his name

My father repeats the magic words
Only the blue sky can breathe
The stitched together hearts bound by light
Sit in a wicker basket faded
But still beating and initiating
Miracles and an orchestra

Down the lane is the House of Hearts
There is a man across the street
The House of Love contains in itself
My father's memory and
Love through which he can go on
And touch every part of the Universe.