live for the moments

when spirit takes hold

the world full of promise

the ephemeral seed of

the universe

ripe with creation

brimming with determination

knowledge of the holy

divine

sacred

comedy

tragedy

truth spelled out like stars spilling secrets from constellations written across the sky

a wheel within a wheel

the writing on the wall

the gathered breath

caught in your chest

don’t let it escape

hold

hold for just a minute longer

the deep is in your soul

that blue-black ink deep well of ocean that carries in it the sum total of all of human thought and innovation

where leviathan be

where sirens drag you down to fill you with void and infinite nothing and rip the flesh from your bones

hold

for just a moment longer

swim in the moment

let your lungs expand to the vast vacuum of unlimited energy/ unlimited death

life is swirling in the moment

wrapping itself around you

in your hair

your limbs

your mouth

your eyes

piercing

working its way up under your skin

life is in it

death is there

sucking and

shriveling

suffocating and

mummifying

reminding you that all of this means nothing

but all of it is something

for if we find everything in ourselves

and humanity is the worst of creation

she can also be lovely too

and not just horrifying

so live for the moments

when the light bulb comes on

when you see beyond

when the leviathan swims in your gut

when the stars sit in your chest

when the void fills you so deeply you feel the everything of existence pulsing through you

and hold

for just a minute longer

because before you can stop it

it will all be gone

breathe it in while it’s here

remember her fondly when she goes

don’t forget her

look for her

and when she comes around again

when you find her in the most unexpected of places and times

drink her in

breathe her in

let her fill you

and hold