i am
words that can describe
and be
pain
birth
life
joy
death
and a love that willingly faces
the fear of being lost in the great growing breadth of me
and you
these choices apportion all i have
every shallow red-black pool of my blood
and every cry
and surgery of this love
pares me down
to the exultant ivory bones of the burning parched desert i am
lost in the wild whiteness of this dream
ben laughed so hard he shook last night
and i saw the red clay on my shaking fingers
in the dark
and i knew
my halting labored breath in this silent nothingness gives more
of the vast ocean
and sheets of greening rain
and yes thunder
than i will ever deserve
for i now know of the joy
held gently in this perfect bleeding heart of the world
and i now have touched the infinite velvet colors
that are you
Richard Harrison 10/28/98
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