Lesson & The Choice

Lesson

Because what is outer is inner
there is no outer
there is no inner–
I am trying to get this straight
And what the long sentence
assembled
by cemetery sparrows said
before my presence
arrived
dispersing them in its brief
wake, oh
wordless endless.
 

The Choice

When you look at the sky, when you look at the
               stars, God is not
there.

Someone in hell is sitting beside you on the train.
Somebody burning unnoticed walks past in the street.

Sailors in snow–

God can do what is impossible,
but God can only do what is impossible.

Sad incurable gift.