Wednesday, October 02, 2024

"The Three Bells"*

the light blue
the specks of green 
have come before - the reds and 
even the white - the blinding white 

of the page, of the sky, the sea  
where does it all go: the absorption 
one minute in class: the next a lecture 
then reality - a practice really - a patience 

an incomprehensible patience 

each story on repeat: each emotion felt 
there is no more pity in me. no empathy 

i am at the age where i can watch with awe 
pure raw awe that we are one moment here 

then there: then soon nowhere: perhaps i did 
die in colorado - like denver - one moment 
in the sky, in the river staring up into mountains 

if only life was so kind 
an absorption of reality


 The Three Bells: by The Browns