Saturday, August 29, 2015

Windward

His reach is valleys, to baptize a soul, to chisel naivety.
He’s scorned, even contemned, to balance a tightrope.
Life is more for colors, even nightmares, and countless
joys. In reverse, life is more existence, a terrible myth.
Such is lies, for life is here, positioned between tokes.     
Thoughts are slanted, for life was there, checkered in
turmoil. He plants a seed, to tillage for crops, palming
rain. There’s a sickle for life, a stubborn grain, rooted
in concrete. She tassels words, to unpack stanzas, even
more for life. He transfers a thought, where doves flap
minds, to trickle an epiphany. She pulls a shade, to
retrieve a trinket, ever for ritual. A dance ensues, to
venture through Ka, to structure life. Such are truths,
where life is here, ever to be there; for life is chi, even
breath, a world of magnets. She loves for life, a friend
of life, to peddle a Schwinn. He spins a prayer, to signal
chills, to paint a universe; for life is fey, an inner
Kingdom, even a strobe-light.   

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