Glass seeds
Life is a starburst gift
conceived in the gilded soil of angel hearts.
Living on the other hand thrives in the salty eyes of swells and troughs
needles woven into bike bells and ice cream cones.
Living breathes to bend you into and out of its will
from valley to mountain to the misty hills
it bends you into things you could never dream about..
into the storm of eternity
into the tidepool of a stillness beyond stillness.
It speeds up into a crimson tangle and slows down into thick blueness
swells and troughs kings and clowns
juggling brief victory and endless grief and loss
The bending is acceptable; we paint it the human experience
but breaking the soul of all things is the devil's only thought
we are its glass seeds tossed over the gilded swells
into the black throated troughs, where nothing ever grows.
The mundane (the middle child) is a forest of contemplation
reflection
a place of steady growth.... or not
The soil will eventually join the sea
bringing everything back home...
like it was always meant to be..
Copyright © Anthony Biaanco | Year Posted 2025
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