nothing carried
forward we

have no memory

at the beginning
we are beginners

everything is
strange and new

we have no names

for anything
or anyone

we can run
and hide and

wait for others
or we can

venture out
on our own

and be the
first to die

or to discover

is not just
revealing

everything
at once

to everyone

everything
has a time

and a place

when it
matters

when it
can do

the most good

if it is easy
it isn’t

honest

if I could hear
every sound

I would pick up
your whispers

and your sighs
and hold them

like beautiful
flowers ignoring

everything else
in nature

knowing nothing
else is beautiful

to me

they say you
are neutral

can that be true

do you truly have
no point of view

do your people
lack thoughts

do your people
lack feelings

have you cured
humanity of

all their silly sins
of all their

conflicting desires
can you have

without holding
can you give

without wanting
can you speak

without telling
can you hear

without judging

are you really
as neutral

as they say

a life lived
high

above
our
individual
pains

we were
together
forever
forgetting

days and
nights

months and
years

and when
we hit

the rock at
the bottom

we landed
in a desert

and you cried
for the

first time
creating

our oasis
or was it

a mirage

neck stretched
to see

elongated
is one of
my favorite
words

curves hold
your tilted

head

are you
thinking

about
someone

or something

I hope it is
something

or me

the sounds
you make

when you
fall from

the sky

when you
land on

the earth

you are
the scream

in my soul
the ache in

my brain
the kick

in my groin

I am
speechless
wordless

pure
primitive
without

pretense