Bowls of gold

Bowls of gold

bowls of incense

golden bowls of incense

fall with the hands

holding them, they fall

but do not break

do not shatter

but they fall spilling

the incense

Who poured the incense

into the bowls

who collected the fragrances

who gathered the smoke

and aromas spilling

from the bowls

golden bowls

golden bowls of incense

Seals on a scroll

Seals on a scroll are opened,

one by one, each

an individual act, or action,

but the scroll is not read,

the scroll’s words are not seen,

or understood, instead

the seals on a scroll are broken,

one by one, individually,

each break unfolding an event,

a movement, a plan, a shift

in reality, altering, step by step,

until the seals are done,

opened, finished.

What is left on the scroll is

what is left to be read.

What is left to be read?