12/12/08 (just so you know)- gorgeous unknowns

you live near the corner of my mouth,
at the forefront of my mind,
on the tip of my tongue,
under my fingernails as they stay grimy this morning.

you are in this glass of water,
pure,
from the faucet,
from the ground,
from the elemental realm we so often refer to,
and,
rely on.
you are from there.
you are from the beginning.

before we started i believed in finite.
i agreed with 20th century neuroscientists.
we are fixed,
and figured,
and explainable,
still
beings.
the external happening otherworldly,
beyond us,
separate,
apart.
like seeing pages,
feeling paper,
reading letters,
but not knowing truly,
magically,
the many symbols of
resonating
language.

they change me.
(just so you know.)
every single one of them.
(just so you know.)

if you breathe loud enough,
if you shake those branches that blanket this bedroom pane,
if the moment you're having escapes you,
if your pores will allow it,
i guarantee,
a belief will change,
a shift will occur.

these synapsis willing,
these folds undoing,
these limbs reaching,
this back stretching,
this mind expanding,
making room for you.

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