Or with much clarity
To know the vastness
Of the ocean
I don’t need to look very deeply
Or with much intimacy
To know the beauty
Of every living being
I don’t need to look very deeply
Or with much intimacy
To know the beauty
Of every living being
Where every thundering wave
Takes me back
Ten thousand years
To a time before industry
To a time before capital
To a time before government
To a time before language
To a time before consciousness
To a time before life
Breathe life into my spirit
Bring warmth into my heart
Displace despair with optimism
Like the dragonfly caught
In amber
From a time
No words remember
In countenance: fierce
But whose hearts
Have the gentleness
Of brushed cotton
Never did I suspect
So many realities
Could coexist
Grandiose nature
Makes me feel
Very, very
Small
Depositing, Depositing, Depositing
On mounds and terraces
The beautiful stuff of Earth
Cools, solidifies, colours
Wishing it
Each time
To be
Different
Like a dancer
In a deadly waltz
With blackness