before the fire
the crescent moon
         fell into the ocean

to the windy howls of night --
  a hopeless lantern
                   wandering

           longitudinally bound -
waned with portentous gravity --
piercing bells tormented

                  our hapless faces
to homeless unbelonging --
                 a slow movement

of the reaching sea
with black smoke billowing -
          blotting out the sky

where once we dreamt --