ORDAINED

The first time he saw a man

in his world

he

knew what he wanted

knew what he was

knew what was to come.

His lips were full & parted

so slightly...

His breath steamed out

though he stood casual

& unarranged dressed only

in his underwear.

His eyes were grey & lashed

outward like candlelight.

His hair was sculpted by

the water that had enraptured

enveloped & poured over him.

His fingers were numb as his heart

pumped & blood flooded through his

face & then down toward his penis.

Curving upward

over gloss of black hairs

glisstening with dewy wet water drops

like the tears that will soon fall

as he closes his boys eyes & is held

by the man that has changed him

forever.

For God lost all meaning in the mystery of man.