Obscure World




I alone am the sole writer
Of this great and lonely play

If I in fact wrote each rewritten line
Would their meaning be deserving
Of their own regrets?

Whom shall I forgive
Or to ask for it in return?

If we’re all connected, every one
Then I am not truly alone

So tell me
When will the haze of this great mystery
    become clear?

As for now
I’ll walk hand in hand in silence

    For I am

An obscure moon
lighting an obscure world


Joni James 2017