Relationship status

Abraham, Ebrahim, father of nations, friend of G-d
Father of two first-borns
Took his child to Moriah and said
“God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my [daughter].”

The world waits until we are ready,
Until we embrace the unknown unknown
Until we befriend the void that is with us
And is us.

Look to the mirror, friend
Look to the scars and lines of your time.
Look to the face and the place of the known unknown,
Look to your kindred kind,
Ken ye?

Ken ye?
Doest thou know the known?
Canst thou embrace the unknown?
Ken ye?

Sit with me in sadness, stranger
We have walked this short mile together
We have eaten salt together
We have supped and visited the graves of our ancestors, together

To the Sanhedrin and Pharisees, I say:
"Who is thy neighbour?"
Who walks the road to Jericho?
Who is mugged on the highway of life?

And now to the topic
To the current muse and views of the temporal I
Focus, draw in the moment and the read words that stirred
this un-rhyme

Relationship status?
Almost!
Exegesis attempted a slip from my fingers
Actuarial disinterest nearly existed

The lead pressed ceiling of a darkened room
Counting the patterns of nothing
I am not of this world
The angel[']s sang[froid]

Sallow wraith of me
Crept out of bed
Clutching at corners to define a time and place
for my vapid soul to inhabit

Horror stalked me, shadows found me
Brushing my hair in the autumn dark
Clean-shaven legs or clean-cut face
The mirror reflects a hollow space

I, this I, will go forth
Pretence shall prevail
This I is I
It has been foreseen, foreshadowed

...

She destroys me perfectly
Sarah, wife of Ebrahim
She whose name means "princess"
or "commander" of the horde

Who will love my monsters?
Who will breed and feed
and kill them in turn
Who will transmute the ram to the lamb?