Wake Up

Violent
Chest bump
Waiting
Praying
For that
Thump thump
To return

Come on heart
It is your turn
To once again
Pump blood
To limbs
Limp
And heavy
In their need
For oxygen

I don’t want
To sink
Close the shutters
Retreat
In

I don’t want
Lightning
Lighting the way
Sparking
Wildfires
In its wake

I want heavy eye lids
Flutter
With a sip of coffee
And a kiss
And a
Time to wake up
Face the day
Hunt
And gather
And rest
Exhausted
And full
At the fire
At the end
Knowing
How
And why
And what
To do
When day
Breaks
Again

Get Me

Suffering
Suffering
Come and get
Me

Sink your claws in deep
Scratch the itch
I like to keep
Hidden
Lest the crackle
Rises
Unbidden

All alone
Hear the hum
All alone
Heart beat
Drums
The end
Near

Can my heart
Also hear
The song bird
In the trees
Calling
Grace
And love
And comfort
Down from the heavens
To meet
Me

Flight
Flight
Freeze
Hand open
Offering
Relief

How do I hold
The hand
Made of
Light
And love
When I am made of matter
And touch
Does matter
Skin
Muscle
And bone
Speak a language
Distance
Does disown

There is no denying
Space is separation
And separation
Is suffering

And life is growing
From seed to
Pea in a pod
To baby
Screaming
And kicking
And sucking
And nuzzling

Then stack
Legs on feet
Walking is falling
Living is eating
And shitting
And growing
Is going
When it is time

Heart wrench

For staying
And praying
Cannot make
This
Last forever
But waiting
Can feed
A lifetime
To regret

And my feet
Have not yet
Succumbed
To the quicksand
Of decay

So suffering
Come and get me
Maybe I will run
To meet you
And maybe I
Will run away
But either way
We dance
Today