Embedded
fingers buried in soil
quiet hum of night creatures and stone
surround my head
weight of my arms
clasp the splayed toes
Embrace
the star-sprawled sleep
extended seaward
and to the rising sun
to Polaris
and the desert dust
Bodied world
place enough
to find the sky open within
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Genesis: Chapter 28
As we leave
(Struck by the fact that the word "place" is mentioned 7 times just as Jacob "leaves." If for Abraham, the place is an unknown blank that will be shown, for Jacob it is here, this place.
we discover the power of place
this place
Embedded
God within place
Portal
that allows for return
this place
Embedded
God within place
Portal
that allows for return
(Struck by the fact that the word "place" is mentioned 7 times just as Jacob "leaves." If for Abraham, the place is an unknown blank that will be shown, for Jacob it is here, this place.
The difference between the sprawling horizontal spaces--north, south, east, west, the journey for Beer Sheva to Haran--and the vertical axis of up down, which is also an axis inwards, into the dream space of the subconscious"
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Genesis 27: In writing
Doubled and redoubled
and now the choice
resolution of two to one
Who are you?
the primal scream
I am
here
Present in your touch
I am
he who brings the gift
will it be accepted?
shuddering multiplicity
if you would no be
would I be
the one and only
or are we both, or lost at once?
enwrapped in
each other's womb
each grip birthing the other
Genesis 26: In Writing
to double back
and do it over
turn the clock
and t urn the other way
all the sleepless moments
wishing other words
other looks
overlaid
Dig deep beneath
the dried and desiccated
arms outstretched
in place of hate and strife
to discover living waters
and do it over
turn the clock
and t urn the other way
all the sleepless moments
wishing other words
other looks
overlaid
Dig deep beneath
the dried and desiccated
arms outstretched
in place of hate and strife
to discover living waters
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Genesis 25: In Writing
At the moment of ingathering
I gather to you
my woman
my wife
possessive of belonging
possessing and possessed together
as other possessions
spread outwards
to distant beginnings
and rising suns
you and I
curl into each other
At last I say yours
you becomes mine
and the exiled, expelled, separated
seen and unseen
are gathered back
and called by name
I gather to you
my woman
my wife
possessive of belonging
possessing and possessed together
as other possessions
spread outwards
to distant beginnings
and rising suns
you and I
curl into each other
At last I say yours
you becomes mine
and the exiled, expelled, separated
seen and unseen
are gathered back
and called by name
Genesis 24: In Writing
After the walking
and the wandering
the endless road
and distant hills
the pieces sloughed
and lost
trickled and dried
within the cracked footprints
there is a way back to the doorway
to return from outside in
into the warmth of your mother arms
murmuring living water
***
To Sarah:
Go back in time
start over
fix this time
the primal mistake
I hear you in your listless silence
See you in your gaping tent
This time I asked
you acquiesced and followed
rising in your new-moon glow
full of endings
and beginnings
and the wandering
the endless road
and distant hills
the pieces sloughed
and lost
trickled and dried
within the cracked footprints
there is a way back to the doorway
to return from outside in
into the warmth of your mother arms
murmuring living water
***
To Sarah:
Go back in time
start over
fix this time
the primal mistake
I hear you in your listless silence
See you in your gaping tent
This time I asked
you acquiesced and followed
rising in your new-moon glow
full of endings
and beginnings
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