Soul

Age has brought it nearer.
The more I acknowledge it
the closer it surfaces.

It does not care for the cosmos,
for bright flowers, or sunsets.
Its eats all that stuff -
chews them up into words.

I am done describing it.
It's not specific.
it glows with a perfect ignorance,
it’s as innocent as a rat
in a cheese factory.

It’s creaturely, a minor deity
goats feet and a penny whistle.
It breaks a mind ripple
then tsunamis’ my pond
with a fish hook.

As I age it occasionally
peeps out of my pores,
it’s puppy dog eyes
asking how it got to be
me?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Mccann Avatar
August 26, 2022 at 9:41 PM
Every line of this is epic, especially the goats feet and penny whistle, the innocence of the rat! I was told a dream of a jelly baby in the dreamer's pocket; it is alive but will die unless it is cared for. Elizabeth
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