Roy Herndon Smith
1
Deserting drowning
babies, we become the cause
we are looking for.
2
In Idlib, they wait
for death by those who, ruthless,
pursue lost causes.
3
Pursuing pleasure,
we desert love and life for
fires, floods, wars, and plagues.
4
Seeking to transcend
this suffering world, we make
this suffering world.
5
Justifying means
with dreams of ends, we end dreams—
oblivion falls.
dust 