Cathedral of Silence

I am an eavesdropper
Words taboo to these ears -- not meant for me
But I scoop them up greedily, without discrimination
like a jellyfish
a floating observer
information junkie

There's a transparent wall touching
the tip of my nose
I heave myself and feel
the daed weight of water fill
my lungs

I am silenced

A cathedral of echoing silence
--footstep footstep footstep--
Is anyone in the bell tower? --

who will ring the bell? that empty
sound to call the practitioners
but no one comes...

The priests have hung up their robes
and the masses burn shit in the streets
up in smoke it is written:
SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY

"there is a revolt out there!" a voice rings
through the cathedral of silence.
its echoes fall into the cracks of
the architects secrets
and no one hears--

Outside there is a fire
inside, a perpetual process

Where have all the priests gone?