bodyflow’s tributaries, how my veins
and arteries cycle lifeblood over
eons of heartbeat and breath, let me reign
in brief kingdom of mindflow, seal lovers
to rippling thoughtstreams, my trickling actions.
I record careful steps through uncharted
frontier of my soul, psyche’s reaction
to earth’s stimulus, to lovers parted
or renewed, response to spirit’s closing
and opening. I list precious seconds
when our night’s enhanced by light, exposing
cave-painted portraits, stone-tablet words, fond
memories of miracles, devotion
to echoes offering hopes of oceans.
Roger Armbrust
June 5, 2010
