Unbelief

Daring unbelief

i took a knife to the clouds

and slice after slice, I separated out

the sun from the sky,

            leaving empty black space

            and all the stars dotting the landscape.

then I too my pen,

            and wrote in living colors on dark canvas, my self defense

                        the questions flashed against

                        and gave new radiance

                                                to my eyes

            “i once was blind, but now

            i unbelieve”, every new blink said to me

                                    what i earlier confessed,

                                    that behind the clouds and the sun

                                                there is nothing left.