_Shannon_
12-06-2010, 02:33 PM
The stretch and pull of pregnant bodies
twisting the path down the road
to not enlightenment, but heavy
plodding steps in which hips ache
and back bends away from the center
of gravity which shifts imperceptibly.
Heavy bellies all full of legs
and arms and roiling motion.
Churning seas of magma under
skies darkened by bombardment
as a planet forms, absorbing
impacts of deep space projectiles.
The cataclysm of coming through
spans over immeasurable time
that memories cannot recollect
without distortion and revision,
distilling moans and anguish down
to facts and timetables and what happened when.
Collective pant- breathe waiting, waiting
for another new beginning. The pause
an intensity
of fire and blood and water.
The devastation of all that was before,
slips out in one final push.
12.6.2010
twisting the path down the road
to not enlightenment, but heavy
plodding steps in which hips ache
and back bends away from the center
of gravity which shifts imperceptibly.
Heavy bellies all full of legs
and arms and roiling motion.
Churning seas of magma under
skies darkened by bombardment
as a planet forms, absorbing
impacts of deep space projectiles.
The cataclysm of coming through
spans over immeasurable time
that memories cannot recollect
without distortion and revision,
distilling moans and anguish down
to facts and timetables and what happened when.
Collective pant- breathe waiting, waiting
for another new beginning. The pause
an intensity
of fire and blood and water.
The devastation of all that was before,
slips out in one final push.
12.6.2010