ALWAYS BETWEEN

Between persona
and person
sound and howling
pure dawn
and grayish dusk
discouraged death
and encouraging life
between bridge
and canasta
wound and health
bitterness and pomegranate
rose of Sharon
and flowering Judas
Jacob's ladder flowers
and Violet Esau
every prophetic dream
and daily nightmare
the poet exists
to capture images
and send ideograms home.