dark, conscious

<sub>One does not become enlightened
by imagining figures of light,
but by making the darkness conscious.
- Carl Jung





so let's say the way you responded
to the sorrow evident
is enough to go on,  some fond bred
empathy, reverent.




and let's say you had a dollar in your pocket
for the toll
made of dimes, exact change in the sprocket
and we roll


past   swamplands of cypress, lakes
blue as  eyes
past the corner bakery with cakes
and cream pies


roll into a scene from the great white north
stars behind your head
a crown held forth
as froth  to tread</sub>