The Clock Doesn't Stop in Debtor's Prison

THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ME HERE

How does it show itself, Curiosity,

waiting for Pride to make its entrance?

Bernard of Clairvaux, shrewd soul

visiting with me, sees himself

in the new mirror crossing time.

Have I been away from monastery

walls this long? Looking for myself

in others, or looking for others

in myself--either way,

I'm caught without what sustains.

Jim Bodeen

11 February 2018