Alex – A Night Aside the Duckabush River
Silence exists alone
within.
Outside nature crashes
subsides
crashes
weaves harmony, water and earth.
City raised I am un-
conversant
with cycles uncontained.
Voices emerge, a playground recess;
bouncing balls on blacktop, energy
released through compliance
or coiling within
coursing now
NOW!
Forcing me towards edges
Listen!
Authority is watching
Now screaming (pleading) threats
I can’t accept.
Energy grabs my heart, races
up my arm, down my leg, round my gut
faster… faster… how fast can I..
STOP!..
…..Stars
and a towering cedar’s collected rain
reach through.
Coyote howls
wilderness whispers,
offers
nothing;
no containment
no silence
only now.
Alex
March-April 2005 Earth First!
Date: March 4, 2016
Categories: Alex