I put the shell down and wait for the snail
to emerge. I have much to learn of patience.
I no longer wonder where did love go,
or why the nights are so long. Issa says
the words will find a way across the page,
they will make a path into morning.
Read Selected Poems
from "I wanted to Paint Paradise"
written in the voice of Giotto di Bondone (c.1266-1337)