I was visited again by Death.
Not the hooded creature, but a shadow of my own cadence
slid across the cortex of my mind
the place
where the rational man falls to the unceasing siege of the animal,
where every edge of every plane of time thrusts itself and
interrupts our daydreams to inter seeds
of fear
of frustration
of hope
of anger
of things gone
of things we wish
of things we want
of
things we dare never speak aloud.
It (I) brought to me (myself) no vision of my own demise,
no recycled image from film or phone or fable. It brought worse:
My own house.
My own floor.
My own back
hunched.
My own legs
crossed.
My own head
bowed.
My own shoulders
heaving.
My own arms
flaccid.
My own lap
heavy.
My own son
Limp.
Brown curls on a blue forehead in a peaceful, lifeless rest.
A pietà.
---
I fade away as I appeared, and revive. A searing kiss on both eyes.
Brown curls on a pink forehead in a peaceful, mid-meal grin.
A Cheerio.
---
Wake up!
Wake up! Arise! Look out!
and See
and Be
and Grasp
the Goodness of All around You.
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016 at 10:42 AM UTC
I was visited again by Death.
Not the hooded creature, but a shadow of my own cadence
slid across the cortex of my mind
the place
where the rational man falls to the unceasing siege of the animal,
where every edge of every plane of time thrusts itself and
interrupts our daydreams to inter seeds
of fear
of frustration
of hope
of anger
of things gone
of things we wish
of things we want
of
things we dare never speak aloud.
It (I) brought to me (myself) no vision of my own demise,
no recycled image from film or phone or fable. It brought worse:
My own house.
My own floor.
My own back
hunched.
My own legs
crossed.
My own head
bowed.
My own shoulders
heaving.
My own arms
flaccid.
My own lap
heavy.
My own son
Limp.
Brown curls on a blue forehead in a peaceful, lifeless rest.
A pietà.
---
I fade away as I appeared, and revive. A searing kiss on both eyes.
Brown curls on a pink forehead in a peaceful, mid-meal grin.
A Cheerio.
---
Wake up!
Wake up! Arise! Look out!
and See
and Be
and Grasp
the Goodness of All around You.
