Writing
I.
Lines that break
on the epitome of sound
ring forth
like the swells ~~~~
of a whale
dipping into
the sea ~~~~~~~~~
Upon the lips
of noiselessness
is a shore
of breath
of pause, ~~~
but not
of quiet
or rest-
in fact
a restlessness
overturning the calamity
of the clouds above
watching the earth
turn beneath them
abstract and
complex in their shapes.
II.
A word spoken
is sound gone
but a word written
is stone
is age
is fresh
coats of paint
diluted with water ~~~~~~
and deep wells ~~ ~~
drying
together
to be not
what they once were
but still
to that purpose.
What is learning
if it is learnt, but not taught
or taught, and not learnt?
III.
It becomes
pages that scroll past ~~~~~
the sounds of water ~~~~~~
and the beating
of sunrise
the taking of breath
from the coldness of stars
that points in
a direction
that, once stepped into,
releases one into a willful current ~~~~
striking out to the abyss of sea ~~~~~~ ~~~~
without mind for human fragility-
and yet, it holds many promises ~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~
for daring its depths, ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~
awaiting ~~~~~
those willing ~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~
to let go ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
control ~~~~
IV.
and what is control,
but the will
over
self-
and yet, there is
a misunderstanding ~~~~~~~ ~~~
between my- self
and world- self
that the two must be
exclusive
when really ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
they grasp
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
at each other and
reach
for the same
horizons,
intertwining ~~~~
as molecules of ~~ ~~~~
water in the ocean,
as waves curl and bob ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~
over one another,
seemingly aimless
depth leading
to more depth, ~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~
currents searching
for the ends
of their meter, ~~~~~~~~~~
some finding
and lapping
over the shore
~~~~ ~~~ ~~
V.
And the wisdom
of eyes and tongue
even in those moments
of mixed
languages that squander
the opportunity
for clarity, ~~~ ~~ ~~~
is in itself
a beautiful, ~~~~~~~~~
bountiful diligence;
the sea leaping up
obliged to fling itself
wondrously against the cliffs
too high to glide over
subdued to cutting away
the base of the rock
to finally ravage
its peak; a task which,
even once dived into
fully takes time,
with many stories ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
layering and
churning ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~
into ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~
the ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~
erosion. ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~