Another Room

1.

Him, I knew, he fell from above
one autumn night
and the tigers, hungering, rose
from their depths
to follow him into this park

Where he, frightened and wild,
ran for the trees
to hide in this hollowed trunk
never coming out and
thus escaped his persecutors.

2.

So now, jogging alone and along
the rim of the world
I am careful to look behind
for those tigers
but always, I watch for my tree.

Comments (3)

  1. connie wrote::

    song came on the radio and i thought of a poem you once wrote. excited to see new posts. i especially like section 2 of this one. hope you bode well, despite being on the road.

    Friday, September 19, 2008 at 6:59 am #
  2. Charlie Fan wrote::

    =) do you remember what the song was?

    Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 12:04 am #
  3. connie wrote::

    U2, with or without you

    if i recall, you weaved the lyrics into your poem

    Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 10:43 am #