A thought a second ahead
The cranes in trees and gliding over dusk waters
Golden sky on white and blue marbled keys
Playing to the wings lift and wind
Hanging green brush painted on banyans
Broad stroked orchids in thrush as an inhale
A moving breast not of itself
Clamors for another thought
A second ahead
She and he
He and she
A thought form of a pattern slowing into themselves
Abated by spinning chariots crashing long
Silhouette of a language
The sacred act of semblance told that it is ordinary
Someone must have sacrificed an awful lot
To let us forget our holiness together
What steps do we walk in
Believing that they are ours
When hallowed grounds our feet find
A trillion grains of sand on beach
A trillion trees
A trillion grains to eat & drink
A trillion souls before your feet
Before you stay and leave
About the Creator
Justin Bedtelyon
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