Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Descend-in-reverse

I view descend-in-reverse, aligning
my neck and sight to the building’s height.
I dream better when there are still

gaps to fill in: the trajectory of my flight
before sprawling onto the tarmac.
Dissecting the adage of being broken,

I am actually whole, bones still
fused and a heart beating articulate
against the mind’s silence.

So it is the mind which breaks
from pain, binding to receptors,
tightening their pathways

that escape as topography of my palms
I memorize for ownership, so
the decision after this is mine alone.

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