Cavalier

The door opens

Human enters

Lights come in

Busy with their lives

Hope was there

For the empty seats are filled

Lights come in

Busy with their lives

Noises crack in

Talks and laughter mushroom into the air

Too loud, too noisy

Too full of themselves

The door closes

The audiences return to their nests

Darkness has never been so pleasant

but when it is compared to selfish lanterns

Think they are bright enough, only blinding

Think they sound fluty, only deafening

Earth, poor Earth, you have given so many

Saints, poor saints, you have taught compassion endlessly

The earth is too huge

They insist on playing the false protagonists

Deluded by self-superiority

in the face of others’ sufferings

Glasgow, 28/7/17

Intan

The picture is from a personal collection.