a slide becomes a fall,
but not the great fall, just
a rabbit hill bump. hiccup
away that stump growing
behind, like roots seeking earth
deep. and earth is hard, unrepentful
clattered sun downs drooping like
halley's comet whose tail is fading
out on a brilliant super nova stealing
the show. with haggard stars languishing
away from burnt out syndrome, drawn by
black holes unconsciously tugging at strings
ah to be blissful, to be happy, to be
all the things - that makes life what?
pleasurable is not meaning,
meaningful may not be pleasure.
certainly one needs only look to the saints
that walked the talk,
time spent telling stories
it's never about. it's about
proximity, becoming
that which clashes, first stranger
than an awareness
predictions have almost never
dizzy awareness, salivate
for a drop of nectar -
just out of reach. hanging over your head,
reach back, a little backwards, try to grasp
a yearning, a longing, a tide
cascading, a waterfall, rushing headlong