things i've been considering (8/1/24)

Narcissus

you set out

to find beautiful

things you could

call your own

but they did

not tell you

that beauty is

the most illusive

the most fleeting

the most betraying

creature to ever

walk the earth / / /

or maybe they

did and you

simply didn’t listen

maybe they did

and you thought

(incorrectly) that you

were smarter than

them maybe they

did and you

listened and said

you’d know it

when you saw

       \ \ \ it but then

you saw the

open road before

you and the

open sky above

you and the

open ocean around

you and you

mistook openness for

emptiness and wondered

why everywhere you

went your own

Reflection followed you.

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Composition

music is louder

in the morning

when the sun

is an illusion

and the moon

is a dream /

when sirens spin

through the half-light

of half-empty streets

and greens glow

the most vibrant

of greys and shadows /

when emptinesses are

the most perfect

kind of Composition.

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Bird Truths

L'oiseau sais

de quoi la côte

ressemble

presque aussi bien

qu’il sait le son

de la lionne qui a faim

dans le bois

il habite sur le vent

et il écoute les chansons

de ses histoires

et il chante son avenir

à la silhouette du soleil.