life, in addition to the pain

life, in addition to the pain

chafes at the soul

warmed by electric heat

and soft embrace

of love’s intangible promise

dreamscapes in images of rust sand

and strange creatures stalk our presence

blades moving in jigsaw precision

in mouths gaped bare, a black hole

bleak, empty space

with no stars

only a yellow blazing sun

that arches out fire to touch the earth

in heavy caress as she buckles and cries

to brightly lit aurora come across the indigo skies

life, in addition to the pain

force measures upon us

to keep our differences tightly wound

like a string of a kite yet unfurled

in the secreted wind of weather’s support

freedom is a state of mental acuity

influenced by outside pressures

So bees swim in the open air

And whales fly in the ocean’s water

bleak, empty space

at ocean’s bottom

creatures both bulbous and glowing

consuming each other, being devoured

as dark magma pushes out of the earth

in the pulsing rhythm of mountainous birth