terra incognita

by Roberto Lavidez

illness

enflames 

desire for  

justice

purifying

the world

in bloodshed

and slaughter

as bird clings

to its perch

in the grip

of disorder

struck

by storms

of intolerance

and despair

in the growing

darkness of

sun and air

a saint

immersed

in boiling water

sinking 

all equality

and all inequality

need for penance

a need for death

singing among

the outcast

and bogus

alms-seekers

who lay at

church doors

toward ignominy

excess

of possessive

and curious love

for the purpose

of mere pleasure

indulging in

the bizarre

from the abysses

of terra incognita

through terrestrial

vanity

and obsession 

of riches

dug 

from the earth

unquestionable 

errors

piled in 

the niches

arrive at a 

probable truth 

enclosed

in the mire

jeopardizing

the very order

of cosmos

everything

disappears

into the void

©robertolavidez2013