Nov. 13th, 2012
Like hearing an old bullet clink into a surgery pan,
slicked with the essence of life giving fluid, thick
coagulated over rusted casing as my lung
finally clears. One deep braeth and marigolds
spill out of my exit would and my eyes
seal shut to the collapsing star in my mind.
Brilliant rain of intergalactic dust afire
beams torn from teh spaces in my squint, cutting
silverlinings out of the clouds,
white heat flashes from my throat.
i feel the bronze screech against it's joints
In my knees and elbows, the oxidized veins
burning with lime green. Oceans surround
me as I climb through it's currents, coast to
coast the languages change, bright my eyes
stay as whales and white cliffs greet me.
Viking ships, teutonic helms, crafted swords
in my purse as I collect them from the depths. Finally, a deep breath, my trail of
marigolds loving leads me through the Odyssey...singing to me the great Himalayans, flashing promising strings of banners of peace, a yak and golden robes in tiger pits,
lingering in a single lotus.
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