Via Vittorio Emanuele

and what          do people want
    walking down the street
         of the cathedral
is it         faith they want
       to hold in their hands?

         to walk the street alone
               at night looking for God
    in whatever form you're capable
       of receiving. Some aspects
          are just grander than
       any thing you can fathom:
      this is the largest palm
            tree I have ever seen.

         I have held many palms
                  each one
                the sun
                      until the love I
              sought walking at night alone
                       lost its way. I know
            those with more faith than me
              would say the holy trinity is
              knowing yourself, loving yourself, accepting.
            And I have heard the fireworks popping
          from an unknown location
            not too far from me
                    up, up, near, near,             I knew not to chase it,
              in my visual field something
                that already        exists.
              The bright lights that explode
                        out of reach
                   I just can't
                          have in
                              my life.