Night Sounds
Originally uploaded by RootsWorld.com (aka Cliff)
Deep time
embedded in
each breath.
Each heart, measured out,
accounting and counting for and from
its first beat - pulse - thrum.
Aware of how many, how
many more to go, go, going …
It already knows - the heart
flowing, gone, wearing down lasting
until the last
Breath.
I listened to yours,
sometimes, my head
against your chest -
Stark still and rapt in sorrow
a bit, for the truth
in it all and the bright bliss as well.
The commingled, timeless limits in mortality …
My heart-swell. I would,
I would have given
to you in handfuls
flowing over, my moments, my
time to extend yours.
Bone time
deep bone stone-resistant
mineral rich
and slow to return
to dust. Stunningly suspended,
it is enough for me
to know you still
breathe - the world would be less
for me to find you gone,
even as you’re gone from me.
Somewhere, you are
counting down
bone deep.
