I sit with pen
Open Third Eye
Let go this “my”
And let loose
My mind
From pre-meditated
Preoccupation
Lose the I
Let go desires
Open up your ears
To the rhythm
And pace
That surrounds you
As it goes about
Its own business
Pays you
No thought —
Mindfulness
Begins with
Mindlessness
You must empty
The chalice
To receive new
Prophecy
The sign
It says
“Please stay at Home”
Forget your car
Forget your bones
In their closets
They must stay
All your ambition’s
(Fears) —put away
At least for now
At least today…
——
This first time directive
We can collectively recall
To just do nothing
To sit in our stalls
But these American
Mustangs are getting
Restless
We like to roam
We like it breathless
We just don’t know just what to do
When we’re told to stay home
Until this is through
Must we put a name to it?
Must we give it meaning?
The Devil, Demons, The Angel of Death
What you call IT is revealing—
Angst, grief, tension, stress
So many names that I digress
For I do not believe
The language is right
To describe endless terror
“The Things” that cause fright
Primordial Fear
Feels a lot more than
Words
It comes from a place before
Comforting verse
No, you don’t need a name
For the unending dread
We all share the same
[feelings]
That Fear’
— Being Dead —
With deeper meanings our
Redemption calls
Forgive ourselves, forgive
Our foes
All these things that we
Never controlled
Each thing that dies
Gives room for birth
Our brave renewal is
Not a curse
Though it may hurt
To feel this loss
A new beginning turns
Back the frost
And gives way to spring
Which brings
Back
Everything we
Cherish
Can the moon see my fire
As it passes over head
Both alight my night
And stave off the dread
Of all those things out
In the the darkness of all
Those things we cannot see
But if the moon can see my fire
I’ll spend the night outwardly
Fragile
[boxes]
Bounded up
De-coupling—
Social
Distancing—
Uncomfortable
Pauses
As to what
Qualifies
As normal.
Needing
Canned
Laughter
for
Comfort
Food.
Lockdown
Quarantine
“Keep the door shut.”
Practice
“Social distancing”
Do not touch!
Wash your
Hands for
Twenty seconds
Swab and
Daub and Wipe
down surfaces!
Don’t forget
Don’t touch
Your Faces!
Though we
Won’t need
No toilet paper
For one
Or two
Weeks more
It doesn’t
really matter
‘Cause there’s none left
At
The
Store