Being Seen

a glance that holds the world and all
its seas and mountains dangling in the air,
                 from Sunstone, Octavio Paz

A look confirms
existence -- 
thought blows wind
through fire --
a spark's heat defeats
the nihilous ocean's
dubious nothing that 
sloshes under
the too-blue morning --
equippers clamor,
but tools do not
achieve escape precocity --
a shovel or
a sand mind
are what is.