Infinity

can be learned
in the quiet

stretch of morning
that suns on and on

even while people
lose their homes,
lose their keys,
lose themselves in a crowd.

Answers
will not be found
on the windowsill
nor on the window.

Look
as much as you want
but glass is only glass-like
at very high temperatures;

the temperature of your gaze
suffused with opaque desperation
will not suffice to mold
that which does not want
to be molded.