Echo Back

a man sent an echo

out into the unknown

"good riddance and begone"

he said

and there it went

away, away, away

into the great blank black

so gone so good

but then

time past away

long song ended

and tuneless came back

the empty echo

bringing shadows

stretched across and around

memory-choked

old graven image

"tell me who you are?"

everything brilliant

and

everything evil

and

nothing at all

all at once

salt and blood

drought and flood

broken heart

washed in mud

gone but gone

so gone so good

and back again

my echo stood

Harnessing Chaos