Lucy Snyder

was bound, though I have not bound.

I was not recognized. But I have recognized

that the All is being dissolved,

both the earthly and the heavenly.

–The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

I was bound, though I have not bound.

I was not recognized. But I have recognized

that the All is being dissolved,

both the earthly and the heavenly.

The present and recent past keep blurring together in my mind,

There’s no bliss for me

But she smiles at me, and I find myself smiling back, warmed by the first spark of real human feeling I’ve had in months. I have to believe that we’re still human. I have to.

We will use the blood of this world to write dark, beautiful poetry across the walls of the universe.