stems ignite

flames flower

heaven burns

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Perpetual Motion

We are so unfortunate that we can only take pleasure in a thing on condition of being annoyed if it turn out ill, as a thousand things can do, and do every hour. The one who should find the secret of rejoicing in the good, without troubling oneself with its contrary evil, would have hit the mark.  It is perpetual motion..   Blaise Pascal, Pensees, 181

today
I am packing boxes
to move
I want to move
like water
without the burden
of fear
taking me
I want to take
aim at
perpetual motion
step
with lightness
and never
stop

Listen:

the performance begins
in the dark
a wind wanders in
the silence is unbroken
whole
strong
radiant
with knowing
eyes tear
all descend
into
light

 

a poem
arranges itself
into being

the cosmos
into a single
leaf

a body
into somebody
original

 

every Thursday
our friendship ends
and begins

the table
an old wheel
some bread

some wine
the change
eludes us

who can separate
us
who can know

this
from now
to now

the door
stands
open