Poets published in Spectrum Online Edition: The Villanelle Masters are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Dean Okamura


Somewhere beyond the night


The sinner repents, implores the light.
Help me in my unbelief,
To reach for justice out of sight. 

Search long in scattered dusts of night,
Bound souls cannot find relief.
The sinner repents, implores the light.

In shrouded silence, drained of fight,
Desires denied by a thief.
To reach for justice out of sight.

With nagging throbs of wrong + right
Maelstrom whirling, calms & if ?
The sinner repents, implores the light.

Weary pilgrims keep faith in spite
Our judges' briefs bring pain + grief,
To reach for justice out of sight. 

Dreaded visions of consuming night.
Every day we turn a leaf.
The sinner repents, implores the light.
To reach for justice out of sight.

 

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