human, human, only human

hapless somnambulant
adrift, forever,
in some renegade sprawl,
a tear shed from
the eye of God
that runs its course
through the seer's universe

blind men convinced
to keep their eyes closed
by what they hear,
for they see their stumbles
as some clumsy dance--
reckless collisions

stifling hopes of hope

and i, in nightmare,
watch the lofty meandering,
and hear the tragic recant

human, human
only human