
The Steel Wheel
They can twist and turn,
bend and rend a thing into being,
or keep it from becoming.
A turn of the tongue,
a twist of the head,
a light...
What is beginning
to come into sight...
A thought that The Makers sent
or a rebel devised...
To be crushed
or given life...
In Mind.
The Steel Wheel,
a factory in tyme,
that turns and learns
and teaches.
Mistakes I've learned to tell...
A Warning...
To be this close is to be...
I've heard that everyone has a card,
and that everyone is a card,
and to become other than a card
Is a hand...
And Lord help you to be right.
I turned the key in the lock,
and with minimal trouble,
opened the door to my flat.
Out on the town,
stumbling and dumb,
a light inside
guided me to my desk.
How close I can feel to you,
my reader,
as I write,
...this close I can touch
and leave a bit of myself.
I'm very close,
almost being crushed,
...I can feel...
As I read these words...
Never forsake Love...
In any form...
For that is
all that I have