It is not
me
you are looking for,
it is
you.
We dress
and undress
as mirrors,
conscripting images
to burn and cherish,
to reveal and reflect
the many sides
of a lighted front,
a sideways turn,
modeling love
in a series of fractures.
We tell ourselves
we are not enough,
and the Soul,
harboring every last gilded
shred of us, laughs its
warm, sagacious laugh,
knowing full well
how much of us
there is to be discovered,
beyond false claims
and the caking of ash.
About John Biscello
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; 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 plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
