A life inside of me
Reaches up
Like an extended hand
Pushing through
Open palm
And arm

Gracefully extending up
Through more than a body
Yet it comes from
Within thee
From a known cavity

The source of inspiration
The center
Of gravity
It pulls itself up

From within
Follows the vessels
And rides the landscape
Of nerve endings

Instantaneous reproduction
Of this life
Inside of me

Is a soul pouring
Crystal essence
From an empty bowl
Inside of me
Is a soul pouring
Crystal essence
From an empty bowl

06/22/1998

Posted on 01/10/2010
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