Nowhere is Now Here

“Voyages are accomplished inwardly”–Henry Miller

This dreamer’s life,

sentenced to passive worth

and fired stillness.

Cross my heart

and hope to die,

there is, I promise,

nothing whatsoever

to prove

or assert

or confirm,

no doors to walk through

(you are the metaphor you are seeking),

no need to justify

or validate your claim

for existing,

for taking up space,

here, now.

Pause,

and marvel at the phenomena

of being at home, within,

while traveling great imaginary distances

to give worlds their ephemeral due.

About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.
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