The Problem

The problem is to see the problem
to see the flawed face live with
its expression. An aspen tree curved
by a stone turns gold in autumn
like straight aspens, a rambler rose
caught under a foundation pushes out
and blossoms, a bluejay with a broken leg
fills his gullet, a hiker with a
hunchback admires the ruins.
A clutch of clouds is bitten by
lightning, a bruise of sky admits sunshine.
The inner eye stares through a cracked glass
without blinking, and reports its own view
of the signs presented.