les petite morts
I store the Infinite inside me
in the space behind my heart
Like a skein of silk,
it unspools out and out
until I am empty and
Time falls away
condensing to Now
when there is only
the baby I bathe
a fiddle lilting through humid twilight air
three hawks soaring on thermals high above three graves
Marc’s three Red Horses dancing on a museum wall
lakewater surging on a sailboat’s high side
a press of slick bodies chorusing near a stage
the thrum of snow-packed tires on a cattle guard
or
a red meteor shooting west in the northern sky
until Time moves again
and the spool gathers in the moment
in a blink
I savor these blisses
swirling like galaxies behind my breasts
on mornings on the threshold of waking
I save these blisses
for a morning when I wake with my vision dimmed
so the spool can run out and out and out
emptying me
until Time falls away
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So vivid. I love the spool can run out and out and out
emptying me…… Lovely. Thanks.
beautiful
The concept of storing the infinite in a space fascinates me. Wonderful piece.
This is so dreamy and lovely.