Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Between Breaths

As in-between breaths, this fortress of stars, this world of not here!
—for the tides dissipate, if only a gesture, this moment in-between.
We tremble with awe, the terror of ourselves, flushed in vibrations;
—for there’s a cave, to glimpse in hindsight, as fluid as breath.
It’s to this place, our silent noise, the magnet of souls;—for hurt is
passion, as featured in growth, the beat of this heart; where time
morphs—into something absent, to return through cadence. We
perish a fraction of this universe, buried in wonders;—for to this
place—our dreams aflame, to nurture our very essence. Its core the
language, a gumdrop in a pond—in which are fragments—of this
brilliant force, described in adjectives.

As in-between breaths, this feeling of undone, as fervent as nuns!
—for this is love, to travel through self, to excavate for sacred gems;
where lights flicker, through the darkest caves, for realities unspoken.
We live this world, wrapped in volts, enrapt deeply in chi; in which
is passion, an internal halo, to capture but a glimpse. It’s sung
dearly, even chanted by fires, this inward castle. We visit in
segments, to feel for rapture, where much is applied; to twirl through
levels, a stranger to a mirror, to gaze upon a petal.  

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