I

Compulsive daydream
during day, mirrors
listless wake during night
erosive voices chip away
on retina given time

II

Acquire water through touch
bleached marrow from femur bone
to sustain coronary artery,
follow the river-bend
a skiff thrashes on mighty grey

III

Soul-searing revelation
white dunes of the afterlife amass
empty husks of crustaceans old,
records of cycles unending
denied entry to the kingdom of love