Wednesday, July 20, 2016

So Many Have Taught Us


I’m cultured barely, to have learned of souls, this need to feel. It’s quite different, than merely being, this faculty of dreams. I’ve left visions, entwined in madness, as sickness such thoughts. We yearn temperatures, this desert desire—a cactus as our symbol, a faucet as our rain; to knit our punctures, as to monitor our swans, forever such casual worries. I knew a gem, whereto, was love, this visage as a séance: with need we crave, a slave of that feeling, as to strangely let go: this nighttime pain, this early morning joy—our days a sequence of small events; plus, for thumping hearts, to know for mindful, a friend somewhere this consciousness; but I’ve learned to see, as steeped in concentration, to trespass our journeys: this woodcut feeling, this gothic ouch, while blind to evolving feelings; as dreaded emotions, this kiln as a family, as watching for splits as culture. I’m alive grieving, as to hamper this thought, but love permeates our deepest woes; as to dream a swan, or to re-filter, Precious, this axe mutilating worth; to flee as finally—that inner drive, as sitting with Spirits; this faraway land, an island at heart, a cave of prophets; whereby, we flourish, this cycle of perishing, to puff a clove and knit a dream; some vague faculty, at home with souls, to proclaim proudly, Our tides have learned; of something acute, this fair goodbye, where islands engage turquoise magic; as blue for seasons, while sable for ventures, to blend as one that deeply crossed; as always this life, this endless measure—our eyes dipped in cognac! I found a friend, as we shall never meet, ever entrenched in vegan prayers; to live this fast, while weeping in leaves—pure moons a patch of secrets; as gendered this swan, as pure as mood-swings, to shift through city lights; to peak and perish, to flourish and cry—somewhere this valley of kindred souls; as born this love, pushed through crevices, at core with a group of professors.  

Strumming a Harp

By language we speak to audibility and coherence. To compose to feel understood, in spite of language applied. A person spends years misunde...