there is life and green growth in these trees
the sun heats the west side of the house
while I sit facing east, held up in the shadows
afraid of all that good light
it sees me too well
knows when I close my eyes
the flinting mechanism turns to sandstone
melts away with the good feelings
day splits again, a dart through a down heart
feathers burst forth and fly everywhere
great gravity directs me downward
don't let them take me
sometimes I feel an awful enemy exists
studying all these words
ready to shove them back in my face
force them down a vulnerable gullet
it all goes down so easy.
the song shifts
in my heart
we've lost rhythm
we've lost touch
we are lost
great gravity pulls us down so easy.
I know this is not true
only the human persuasion
a simple sooth of false sophistication
professing identities of drought
feeding me a line
when my guard is down
and I have no fight
the greater gravity sings ascent
as bones buckled, white knuckled
forgive me, it is so easy
to confess the sadder bits
the minor riffs of being
remain a simple sinner
yet
good gravity persists ascent
and always does
with grace
