Powerful use of linguistics (very nice!) and the last paragraph was particularly moving. I didn't much care for the bit about the knee but your multi-layered symbolism is phenomenally sophisticated.

By the way...you have a great bio and I noticed your Gibran quote and promptly jacked it for my collection. Don't worry...you're cited!

darn u making me sign in. DIE!

oh and i like this poem

Nat The Unchanging Darkness