39. The The of The

 

listing | but listening

the sound of | sinking

the pressure of | breath

how the wonder works

how | in the sense of

wonder at the | sight of

searches and finds | us

this remarkable | contagion

to be present | in wonder

meant to be alive | in a

in the | moment of that

being alive | to sense

the meaning of | one

self | one’s own | the

in the presence of | the

that is | the thing itself

if we can forget | just

long enough | if you

can feel | for that one

moment fully | enough

 

you can feel | the clear

outlines of who | you

are | how | you have

become | what you

mean | as a person

trapped in | a body

separated and | alone

compared to | the rest

of us | (trapped and

alone) | evanescent

yet immanent | a light

reaching out from

yourself | to connect

(in a sense of knowing)

to the presences | and

concretenesses | around

you | in a circle | in a

sphere | that holds all

of this together | in an

enlaciary of life | and

 

being | for that unique

for that single | for that

radiating instant | you

feel that sense of | you

who is breathing | moving

being | yet has become

a whole | wrapped inside

a whole | rapt | in a whole

just long enough to feel

the breathing | of the earth

the flight of birds | just

over the horizon | the tide

turning toward | a shore

you cannot see | yet you

feel its cool rustling | at

your ankles | because you

are one with | reality

long enough to believe

you are alive in presence

a person | of the soul