Confused and convoluted

       Muddled puddle of bubbles

              opaque, perfect light-intake

              pristine, consistent green

Trapped in rapidly rising quicksand

tugging from all sides and under

         downward application of torque and tension

      dogged and deadly

dragging me down as I go readily

  Millions of images that surround without sound

            silent symphony of dying epiphanies

       under an unblemished blue sky

marines in oiled aerial machines fly by

roaring wave of perpetual blaze

         devours herds of migrant birds

Aviate lazily at the stars

           parallel paths to the peregrine

    premier airborne above the earth

Chilling in God’s Kingdom

               roosting and rookeries on Mt. Olympus

Soaring above Himalayan zeniths and Andean behemoths

      seeing clear, dismissing fear

                floating ecstasy

                    uninhibited and free

     nomads circumventing rooted trees

 and never coming down

              to the confused and convoluted ground.

 

14 April 2004