Sinking
I am sinking.
I am sinking,
and I can't remember -
where I started
or why I am here?
The azure Sky,
the open Sky Open.
I scent the Earth in myself . . .
I am sinking.
The soil crumbles,
and the little pieces . . .
fall into my Fingers.
I am not alarmed, but
I am sinking
The Earth is calm around me,
the brown is cooling,
I inhale Soil and Worry
but I breathe it in
with the Sky.
I am still sinking.
I swim deeper
by only not resisting
My eyes remain Open
and the Sky has never left me
But I am underneath the Soil
the Earth
It is in my mouth now
it feels cottony
despite gravelly and wet.
I'm not sure where I am.
I accept it. I rest. I soar.
Am I sinking
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