Breathe with it all and everything comes alive
reaching up in worship to the sun and sky
and down into the circuitry
pulsing and connecting and guiding
There is a language here spoken in silence
cut through the skin and deep into flesh
the pain of living transformed into ecstasy
as sun falls on horizon’s sword
and bleeds across the sky
Everything here together drawing breath
filling lungs always desperate for more
awash in this seething unity
this crawling up and out and down into shadow
Seeds sprouting from forgotten graves
roots tasting first the sweet remnant of decay
as the serpent swallows its tail
and the world is born again
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Honestly I’ve gotten so used to wearing a mask in public that I’ll probably continue to do it even after we don’t have to anymore.
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Photo by Majharul Islam on Unsplash
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5 responses to “Seething”
The picture of the seedling sprouting up, out of the dark rock is so beautiful and stunning.
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I agree, I was lucky to find it—as soon as I saw it I knew it fit the piece perfectly. The photographer did a great job! Cheers (:
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This is beautiful Mitch. We are easily drawn into the world of the poem.
“as sun falls on horizon’s sword
and bleeds across the sky
Everything here together drawing breath”
“Seeds sprouting from forgotten graves
roots tasting first the sweet remnant of decay
as the serpent swallows its tail
and the world is born again”
Gorgeous use of metaphors and imagery with the above lines being my favorite. One gets a sense of desperation, the ending of what life has been and then we have those lovely last lines which brings rebirth.
Beautiful Mitch. Sending love, Joni
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Thank you Joni! I haven’t always been super convinced by the idea of rebirth, but in recent years it has begun to grow on me, and I think it has started to appear more in my writings because of that! Cheers, and the same to you (:
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Well I am glad to hear it my friend. Due to my childhood I saw a couple of miracles when I was quite young. There was no other explanation but divine intervention. Sending love, hugs and safety your way. Joni
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