i do not count or number..

by doreen peri

Posted to Utterances on 2002-12-04 20:01:00

Parent message is 333735
i do not count or number encounters
with stars; orion’s belt is just a row of them,
his sword sharp by the side of lightyears
slain by maps of the sky incorrectly drawn,
the scale and legend wrong.

you are not a planet, no.
and yet you are saturn, so subtle, so bold.
maybe pegasus was just horsing around.
who am i to know?

meet me in ten
in eternity
and madness
with candlelight aglow

then
let me know
your classical phrasing.

that would be amazing.
i will be filled with wonder,
thunder quelled by the swell
of lightning rod, grounding me
again, but who’s counting the times?

i do not count or number encounters
with stars; there are many constellations.

today, the sun comes up after last night’s
curtain pulled the shade on yesterday and
i don’t care if my ten minutes are up because
i have something to say and i thank you for listening.

it’s amazing to me how much
you resemble
the design of the sky.
your eyes have starfire
and i am in awe
of how you rise
from beneath
clay surfaces,
seeds fertalized,
stems emerging,
connected, the blossom
merging with the sky.

who am i
to say?
who am i?
i’m just a music lover
listening to my own sighs.

madness and joy.
madness and joy.
a sonata or a souffle.

outside the inside orbit
of what can be and what can not,
who knows?
who can say.