Friday, January 13, 2023

Philosophizing About Love

 

Strawberry lips, answering to Sky Father, maybe deeper inside; the inner God, seeking Nirvana, holding hands with Invisibility. To ache for a person, to dream in a person, so cursed from unsaid person; hours at converse, private a storm, loving me better than others can; lusting for stars, a grievance to Holiness, asking about wilderness. Pleasant pains, resistance pains, didn’t need what took form. Flowers upon sand drops, knowing you’ll never understand, wild locks, neutral beginnings, to have adored dirty nastiness; so much it was, so past-tense, so close in a given moment. Dancing, bellies laughing, mourning how it ends. And resurrection, drifting into intuition, accused of nonchalance—a great deal into meaning, what is sex, other than a session? We were sold on hesitation, seduction, flailing flesh, baffled, regathered inside, loving, for it hurts.  

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...