Accepting Ascendance

        by Ted Guhl


      Shadow ascends tonight.
      From what part of the cellar?
      This morning I was perfect in death and love;
      So many years they have lived in my house.

      The familiar is always illusion.
      Knowing I do not know, I accept.
      The way light accepts the
      Ascending darkness.

      This house is because I am.
      So, what is in that small corner,
      That tiny shadow down there,
      That is now ascending?

      Perhaps, if I am very still,
      Waiting with a flashlight,
      I will catch it ascending,
      Light it into acceptance.

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