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Edge of the Abyss

Maui hides away an alley's end
where the rolling sea
heaving and sighing
attacks the block foundation
of a shed sized chapel

My friend said it was a chapel
but I recall no sign or cross
I have only her word
in that narrow lamp lit twilight
feet from the foam

Still, I wondered at the power
of that small nameless building
sitting in the edge of the abyss
unmoving against infinite power

just a few small square blocks
set against all the world and nature
 
-T. Gene Davis