My move is the cornered rat My smooth is the mirror crack My groove is the hissing cat My moon is the cheese weighed trap My time is the captured sand My line is the grasping hand My space is the sunset strands My pace the sine of ridged tin cans Where the thoughts coalesce Where bad blood coagulates Where the wind gathers specks And deposits timeless anchors Where the cost is a rest Where the price is a dead snake Where the heart stretches out And with childish wonder, creates There I recede After navigating The perilous divine lights That blind and bewilder me