We left at the right time
the future was open
relatives welcomed us
They shared the loot
and everyone knew for sure
who led them: the Destroyer
from their smarting past
So I go up the mountain
and I stay away for a long time
to make something tangible
as a gift from their god
I tell them
that He has shown Himself to me
as a light, brighter than the sun
blinding to anyone who would look
the Supreme Being
of which I am the high priest
with a half-name in the service
of the half-believers whom I lead
because better to endure
than an open wound
is a half-truth