the slow decay that is life

 

I lay

ground

bound

 

puddles at my feet

I reclined into mighty horizons arms

safe from it all

safe from all others harm

 

naked I was

slowly rotting

roots removed

leaves had left

 

I did not feel pity

I felt no regret

 

ground

bound

was

I

 

had given myself

fully to the elements

of the beautiful sky

 

I felt the weather

I felt the whether

the full force of self

once again

laid me bare

and I was forced to self treasure

 

and I did

and I do

and solitary me

all the better for knowing you

and I can appreciate

the breathy flecks of colours passing

of lights dimming

of night advancing

 

and I don't blame the day

for the lights its shone

I don't blame the night

for its setting of the sun

 

I just appreciate it all

passing me

letting me observe

 

I ask nothing of you elements

not a breath of your wind

not a kiss from your sun

not the heat of your full solar gaze

 

it is the earth that I ask of

always be here

to break my fall

and when I ask of self

earth my sweet

hear my call

 

and you do

with all your mud and puddles

all the thoughts and muddles

and I remain

the slow decay of life

upon me

transformation

within me

 

no plebeian sins

jocular grins

and always

always

in it to win