Post by artolmaeus on Jun 20, 2022 21:54:39 GMT -6
in the middle of the night far away from the yard
where the heat just bastes you slowly
feeling the heat just move into your body
in the silence, all the little mother insects
dance your ears, but in this darkness far away from man made sounds
you can hear through your throat and ears the breath
looking up at captively dark clouds that for a bit of moonlight
they still insist they are the cotton you will never escape
like every bottle of aspirin has
just blocking them from coming out
when you need them most
and so are all the stars, just hidden
from all the reflected light just hides theirs
ancient little specs of light just teasing the states you afford them
how many times have these same stars been watched when their light was somewhat newer
it is not that this is all borrowed
but maybe like a public library, well, the sky has been read before
sometimes you can still catch the creases of those who did too much folding
right then, close your eyes
maybe there is still a little red light glow from something the moon and the blood in your eyelids share
and then, it fades and comes and goes as yellows and white and flashes
come while the eyes are closed
and you can squint hard and bring light under those eyelids and then
like a private firework show
watch them all cascade and fade
oh the little mother mosquitos are taking their turns on you in nature's blood bank
and maybe you wish you were in the house
with the a.c. on, so, you just cannot be anywhere
because you expect comfort
but stay with me here, I have made sure I am far away enough
but I can hear your breathing like the tides of oceans
I just match it's rhythm with mine
don't worry, the whole spectrum is painted and relaxed in this night, any night, if you will listen
you can hear my soul bonding with the material substance in everything where you are
just breathe, raise your arms and bring your palms together and let them drop and swing at your sides,
let everything fall away and open your eyes
stare up at the sky, pierce the clouds and the light pollution
it is blocking everything else
just demand the light beams through
the air is still and it is hard to be here right now
be here anyways,
let the sweat pour
breath in so slowly
so slowly but fill your stomach and feel it expand with air
let your ribs swell with you lungs
be full of the air
and breath out slowly through your teeth with a restrictive hiss
do it again and again
it is ok, I can hear that
let your spirit dance
move with the feeling,
spin and twirl if you only will
chant with me, I will add to whatever sounds you utter
maybe you hear me, throwing off thirds and fourths
and a little warbling dissonance and with your heart
ask the night birds to sing their five note chirps
maybe the swarm of gnats or the skeeters just zinging by
with those high pitch wing flapping
raise your arms just high enough
like an antenna and feel the Earth's spin
feel your inertia
and let everything go
smell whatever that smell is
everything you need is here
everything you are is well enough
spill some salt through your hand and let it fall on your bare feet
breathe breathe exhale exhale
bum pat a tee bat dum bee tee
where the heat just bastes you slowly
feeling the heat just move into your body
in the silence, all the little mother insects
dance your ears, but in this darkness far away from man made sounds
you can hear through your throat and ears the breath
looking up at captively dark clouds that for a bit of moonlight
they still insist they are the cotton you will never escape
like every bottle of aspirin has
just blocking them from coming out
when you need them most
and so are all the stars, just hidden
from all the reflected light just hides theirs
ancient little specs of light just teasing the states you afford them
how many times have these same stars been watched when their light was somewhat newer
it is not that this is all borrowed
but maybe like a public library, well, the sky has been read before
sometimes you can still catch the creases of those who did too much folding
right then, close your eyes
maybe there is still a little red light glow from something the moon and the blood in your eyelids share
and then, it fades and comes and goes as yellows and white and flashes
come while the eyes are closed
and you can squint hard and bring light under those eyelids and then
like a private firework show
watch them all cascade and fade
oh the little mother mosquitos are taking their turns on you in nature's blood bank
and maybe you wish you were in the house
with the a.c. on, so, you just cannot be anywhere
because you expect comfort
but stay with me here, I have made sure I am far away enough
but I can hear your breathing like the tides of oceans
I just match it's rhythm with mine
don't worry, the whole spectrum is painted and relaxed in this night, any night, if you will listen
you can hear my soul bonding with the material substance in everything where you are
just breathe, raise your arms and bring your palms together and let them drop and swing at your sides,
let everything fall away and open your eyes
stare up at the sky, pierce the clouds and the light pollution
it is blocking everything else
just demand the light beams through
the air is still and it is hard to be here right now
be here anyways,
let the sweat pour
breath in so slowly
so slowly but fill your stomach and feel it expand with air
let your ribs swell with you lungs
be full of the air
and breath out slowly through your teeth with a restrictive hiss
do it again and again
it is ok, I can hear that
let your spirit dance
move with the feeling,
spin and twirl if you only will
chant with me, I will add to whatever sounds you utter
maybe you hear me, throwing off thirds and fourths
and a little warbling dissonance and with your heart
ask the night birds to sing their five note chirps
maybe the swarm of gnats or the skeeters just zinging by
with those high pitch wing flapping
raise your arms just high enough
like an antenna and feel the Earth's spin
feel your inertia
and let everything go
smell whatever that smell is
everything you need is here
everything you are is well enough
spill some salt through your hand and let it fall on your bare feet
breathe breathe exhale exhale
bum pat a tee bat dum bee tee
