It didn't happen all at once But it was an immediate awareness A feeling rather Is it an ending of something? Or a beginning? Or the sudden drop of the ****** Within my story Just trembling and ready to head uphill again Because my novel knows me too well And so do the stars A pro climactic rising Is always around the corner No it was more like an opening and closing Or a cutting off of rotted midnight limb And in its place a blossoming rainforest full of the woodland emotions that look a lot like Furry clashing forces I'm not quite sure how to describe it but All I know is that I rescued myself From me And here I am A floating thriving body on glass water An ebb that quenches my pores Tiger fish that offer their scales for comfort And algae that looks a little like sparkly mold from the moon And the air I breath as I float is crystalline salty renewal And that saltwater taffy smirk of mine Is real Chew it between perspectives The diamonds in my eyes Have been authenticated Go ahead and sell them at full price