Sunday, September 25, 2022

Written Into Existence

 

You were born humble. You took to hermetic things. You made friendship with elements, stars, minerals, energies. Mindstuff became of vital importance. Like most people, we’re shepherded by a parent religion—like some people, many branch out. It seemed evident: “How to mitigate/obliterate the human condition?” (Of pivotal concern—What’s forfeited—if it’s made possible?)

Sunflowers are witness—to ghostly pains, made in substance, somewhere inside, and neurotransmitters are bombarded with medicines:

science found salt is important to mental health.

            You learned to intervene … to overwhelm … and listen to concerns, feedback, knowing sources, thus, solidifying the authenticity of practices.

            In reality, made smarter, tremendous wits, genius in respects, mesmerized by the arms and legs of esoteria.

A cedarchest was painted with emotion. It was filled with papers, small boxes, trinkets, paperclips, magnets and such. It was filled with new wood scent. Just to be in proximity, meant to seek, to touch, to read history. There was a secret compartment. It was discovered years later. It was fraught by medallions, dried, well-kept leaves, petit dice and silverware, small binoculars, opera glasses and such.     You were there in the makings—meant to encounter us—meant to become memories: some shared, others tucked away.    

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