beyond

the maps where legends dwell,

I ventured

into the unknown

with a space ship

and a strange radio signal

ahead,

the charts supposed,

was a timeless torrent

of gases

unformed, unknowing and

unimpressed with life

behind

was my kind dog

missing me,

saying, Master,

where are you going

there’s nowhere

somewhere

hope leads to,

curiosity reaches,

desperation makes different

than an inferno

for the arrogant

somewhere

imagined that could be

believed

enough to find,

or, in finding,

made from a dream

beyond

the impossible circumstance

of a local circle,

or the sum of squared differences,

yet not

a wreck tangle

I have

made an immense effort

to go elsewhere

yet to land

back where I started,

having proven elsewhere is there!