Wednesday, September 28, 2016

ENL 267 Ode

An Ode To The Present


To the depth of each steady breath
and the beat of my fragile heart
in this rattled cage

My destiny is the waking man’s dream
and what happens to the sleeper 
whose dream 
no longer exists?

Slowly passing in the early morning hours
the dust dances off the shades onto
my bed sheets. I fall deeper.

My eyes and ears fully in tune with the
vibrations of early sunshine
I have no memory
no passing thoughts

I exist in each flicker of the eye 
in the bellowing of breath that drops 
to my belly

I exist in each glimmer of hope that wanes 
in the rays melting 
the stars to be

and as my grip tightens
I’ve already lost it.

When was the last time I appreciated the
shadow of my bed cloth?
Could I feel the grief 
and dark abyss of yesterday?

It glares at me like the 
reflection of a mirror
that no longer shows my face.

What is Deja Vu but a reoccurring dream?

I’m no longer sure if we’re here. 

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