I must apologize, for
when I see you
I do not see you
but only my own shadow
cast across your face.

And when you speak,
I cannot hear you
but only the winds
howling through my mind
carrying your voice far from me.

As it is with us
so is it with nations,
like hungry dogs barking at
their own long shadows.
The sun of civilization
low on the horizon.
The hatred perfect, complete
as only self-hatred can be.