| we need to convene not fear lack of convenience, maintain serene not listen to the mainstream, turn the status quotient (division) into the ecstatic immeasurable (whole), flip the scales that bind like water off a fish’s back, trains running on time but off the tracks, they keep saying there’s no going back but tell that to the tree’s hundreds-of-years old roots to this day making new shoots why reach for the stars when we are already stardust, they discovered water on Mars but where’s the respect for the living-liquid here? why follow a timeline when the highway curves, why be programmed online when the vine curls, lay lines and Aboriginal songlines aren’t exactly linear but not-sees march in straight lines saluting with straight stiff arms causing bodily harms, seems the world’s on the verge of losing its magic charm not-seeing the forest for the toilet paper not-seeing the shooting stars for the flickering mall parking lot light, not-seeing the brother or sister for the skin-color/religion/country of birth/name brand apparel yet another dualism added to the mix, another of those divide-and-attempt-to-conquer tricks, wrong and right good and bad vaxxed and unvaxxed trains running on time but off the tracks, packages on time but who’s thinking outside the box? surgeries can make the blind see but who has a vision? people drive like crazy even though cars with steering precision messages delivered in a split-second but it took all day till those geese i prayed to showed up and beckoned bay water glossy as a rippling mirror ducks gliding by never heard of a führer, above the grey horizon a cloud horizon rocks at the shoreline to keep your eyes on vaxxed and unvaxxed so who dares mention herbals but this is more than just playing with verbals this is about the taproot if i don’t move now i might miss the boat but if i stay put i’ll still stay afloat if i don’t jump now people might talk smack, i’m no conductor but am telling you trains running on time but off the tracks To hear Mankh reading this poem, click here. Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet at Axis of Logic. Check out his newest book Moving Through The Empty Gate Forest: inside looking out. In addition to his work as a writer and small press publisher, he travels a holistic mystic pathway staying in touch with Turtle Island. His website is here. © Copyright 2021 by AxisofLogic.com This material is available for republication as long as reprints include verbatim copy of the article in its entirety, respecting its integrity. Reprints must cite the author and Axis of Logic as the original source including a "live link" to the article. Thank you! |