Fragility hangs in the air just to be
& have its crystal form dashed down
to the ground by any slight pressure
shimmering symmetry suspended &

Whispering along through frosty air
icons of divine mystery precipitated
falling, falling even blown sideways
who only ever knew the cold & hard

Could be so fragile that can’t stand
faint touch especially in such a rush!!

 

James Van Looy has been a fixture in Boston’s poetry venues since the 1970s. He is a member of Cosmic Spelunker Theater and has run poetry workshops for Boston area homeless people at Pine Street Inn and St. Francis House since 1992. Van Looy leads the Labyrinth Creative Movement Workshop, which his Labyrinth titled poems are based on. His work appears weekly in Oddball Magazine.