"web"

[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.