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Here We Are

the options are there

nailed into a white wall

a spherical rainbow formation

labels printed with minuscule font

beckoning you lean in

inhale rain infused ink

petrichor rising

its vapour envelopes you

alters your sense

fate turns out the light

taps the switch

the loop begins at low volume

your voice in three part harmony

last phrase offered

exemplifies rhythms of your wisdom

you drink the sound of your own voice

but is this song the one

you want for your infinity ride

listen listen

behind yours is another’s voice

another’s recent call

voices pulse within your complex walls

the options are there

your inspiration, your raison d’être

waits for you somewhere

among the cacophony spins

rising repeating again and again

with neither pause nor resolve

between jubilation and despair

rehearsing its opening night

warming its hands

at the centre of your sun~

Is There No Perfection

Who is there to ask

for definitions not yet discovered

A lonely imagination

pausing to look out upon darkest night

What layers comprise

perfection in form or grace or sound

Spirit of winter

Instruments built from ice of frozen lakes

cut from their melancholy depths

Are there screams

echoing from the drawings to surface

Is there acquiescence

breathless upon a reluctant entrance

And why forever

is it never quite good enough to placate

Our perpetual longing

like Alcyon waiting for Ceyx

Carry

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In that moment you have a choice

There’s always a choice.

Someone free said that once.

Afterward.

In that moment when you’re convinced

you’ve heard the crack of bone

your leaking heart losing faith

dissonant grace

felt it, felt yourself

F

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You know with certainty something has broken

What comes next?

Even if you don’t know yet if there’s anything there

worth groping for, worth saving—

Can you hear the music through the roar and rumble

Can you still hum some favourite tune

a few bars to hold onto

some sorrowful blues maybe

some cowboy gush of lonely bravado

some whimsical ditty

to carry you through?