Thursday, September 17, 2009

Sunrise to Sunset


LIFE IS A CIRCULAR AFFAIR:
HERE WE MOVE FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
SUNRISE TO SUNSET
WE REACH NO CONCLUSION ONLY INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
THE EARTH IS ROUND, THE WOMB IS ROUND
THE PLANTS AND TREES BLOOM AND CEASE
NOTHING CONSTANT BUT OUR BEATING HEARTS
KEEPING THE RYTHYM OF OUR BODIES
REFLECTING THE EARTH:
OUR FLUIDS, THE WATER
OUR BONES, WOOD
OUR BREATH, AIR
OUR BLOOD, FIRE
ALL OBJECTS APPEAR SOLID
BUT UPON CLOSE INSPECTION
ARE MERELY CLOSE TOGETHER MOLECULES
PRONE TO CHANGE AND WEATHERING
EVERYTHING IS IN FLUX
AS THE EARTH SPINS SUSPENDED IN THE UNIVERSE BY MAGNETIC FORCES
I BLEND INTO MY HOME, THIS PLANET, THIS SCHOOL FOR SOULS
IN THE MARDI-GRAS OF TIME PASSING THROUGH
IN THIS EXQUISITE VEHICLE , THIS TEMPORARY SHIP!