Choose a path.
Repeat 3 times to reach conclusion.
Repeat 3 times to reach conclusion.
Heavy is light.
Hold the frayed end.
Keep the horizon far,
no farther
than an eye from its lid.
no farther
than an eye from its lid.
To the beginning
all return
at the end.
all return
at the end.
swings
fractures,
loops.
splits
fractures,
loops.
splits
A thirst
that drinks
its own salt.
that drinks
its own salt.
To reflect the moon,
like water against the tide,
you must stand still.
like water against the tide,
you must stand still.
Hold. Drown.
Until lungs
collapse into gills.
Until lungs
collapse into gills.
Ocean with no salt
Can’t preserve a soul
Can’t carry a ship.
Can’t preserve a soul
Can’t carry a ship.
Only stillness
reflects
the sky.
reflects
the sky.
It breaks
to become
whole.
to become
whole.
Like a mountain
trapped in quicksand,
stand.
trapped in quicksand,
stand.
Rust is nothing
but the memory of earth
on iron’s lips.
but the memory of earth
on iron’s lips.
Clay, whirled into a vase,
can not forget
it once cradled trees in the wilderness.
can not forget
it once cradled trees in the wilderness.
clots
Blocks,
Chokes.
locks.
Seizes.
Holds breath.
Blocks,
Chokes.
locks.
Seizes.
Holds breath.
The unseen moves first.
The body follows
without knowing.
The body follows
without knowing.
The wind carries,
keeps nothing.
Only through carrying
does it exist.
keeps nothing.
Only through carrying
does it exist.
A star, lost,
is a guide if found
by a traveler’s fingertip.
is a guide if found
by a traveler’s fingertip.
A flightless bird.
A precipice.
Waiting for the fall.
A precipice.
Waiting for the fall.
elongates,
flees.
Breaks away.
thins out.
Evaporates.
flees.
Breaks away.
thins out.
Evaporates.