poetry of jesse wiles

what it means

it's just like this if you knew who she was you would go flat flat flat on the ground

it means that love alone is your anchor

and when they revile you and persecute you and say all manner of ill against you for it's sake your smile naturally grows

for one time you are in the zone the shadowlands the in-between world of certainty where all of your conceits are laid bare

and you become a thing that is not flesh that is not reason or excuse is just love or not but is certain you become certainty

and it finally stops looking like the cause of goodness has anything at all to do with your volition broken free and dancing in the cold cold water

and you see that every test was laid specially at your feet by your own heart to remind you that whatever else you ever were or will be

you are all of the love in every place in every time forever

© 2026 jesse wiles