Saturday, June 10, 2023

halved alive

 She sprints

to last spring,
dust bursts 
spray from asphalt
left - right lightning smashes.

Unripe endurance
four minutes 
knees scream
body chills spread. 

Halt.

Regression descends,
dissolving presence,
perpetuating
pixelated 
expired
dyadic communion.

Force field 
systemic 
smack-thud
divorce 
spliced coexistence 
hollowed stone. 

Seize • grip 
rock shards,
scathing emotion
sacrifice:
white-knuckled bloodbath. 

Haze lifts. 
Lucid saucers,
bloodshot,
glaze-lock onto
unfurling palms. 

Expectant
cortisol-drenched 
ice blaze 
nerve fray...

Tiny gasp
disillusionment disintegrates 
revel • entrance • digest
translucent opalescence 
lavender - plum - violet - amaranth - aubergine
mountain range
in miniature. 

Saltwater droplets 
sparkle upon impact,
starbursts
Sundance.

Phoenix stretches,
awakening.

Hands open,
palms skyward…
each cradling 
one 
half 
of 
past-whole. 

Blur; blink; focus. 
With transpicuous clarity,
five senses in hyperdrive,
metamorphism
to thriving.

Sacred nature
proffers 
crystalline assuagement
amethyst geode.*

Naked soles
grounded,
vermillion poppies
kiss calves.

She is
embracing
embraced
aLiVe.

©smc, 2023 July

halved alive

  She sprints to last spring, dust bursts  spray from asphalt left - right lightning smashes. Unripe endurance four minutes  knees scream bo...