A View From Santorini
By Richard Cabut.
The moon moves fast in the sky
Away from the earth; this
Thought
As though it can hardly bear to observe the
Deterioration,
The wear and tear
And the world below? It has its own
Rules
Which clearly aren’t human
In the moonlight we read of the German artist
Plagiarist
Cheat who offers for success his stained teeth
Unlike him I have acrophobia,
I fear the fall, except in my
Dreams
On this volcanic island
They flow like lava;
Ne plus ultra
I hurl myself off 100 ft cliffs
To a place where it’s hard to tell good luck from
Bad
And where we don’t always recognise the
Doors
That close even as we miss those that open
Offering a chance to lose substance, to become
Transparent
To defy gravity
Where we can be
Present
But intangible
Talking about failure and hoping for
Something
Somewhere else
Where dreams are
Reflected
In the surface of the fast moving moon
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Richard Cabut has written for the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Big Issue and many other publications. He writes fiction, takes pictures and cycles around town. He used to play in the punk band Brigandage and publish the fanzine Kick.
First published in 3:AM Magazine: Monday, July 7th, 2008.
