the patient labyrinth

A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.

oh take this longing

from my tongue

all the useless things these hands have done

let me see your beauty broken down

like you would do for one you love.