Empty

Empty

Empty

Buy me an empty self
I asked in a dream
Like the ting in the I Ching
The ceremonial vessel
With its legs upturned
To clear out the old stuff
Of a default future

The Vessel as a thing of the sea
To steer, to navigate
As a Naav in Persian
or a Nef in French
Upside down
It makes the Nave
The space in a church
To worship from

Ship for war is a Naav
worshippers in a warship
Turned Upside down
Upside down you turn me
Goes the song
And I sing of an empty self
Like an empty vessel to sail
Battling the turbulent seas
To a different shore