Opus

As Writer becomes manuscript 

So too Traveller becomes his journey—

Travel and Journal written in the present tense.

As Sculptor becomes clay

So too Chef becomes cuisine

Sustenance beyond recipe or menu

While Musician disintegrates 

Small winged dots^♪♫flying^♪every^♫where^♪♫♪♫

Natural as rain.

And Coryphée eclipses choreography

Inspires us to greater leaps

Of laughter and courage—

Airborne, we too become poetry

In this Holy grammar of Verb:

Opus of our own Lives.

—tripoli, lebanon

—25 december 99