Thanksgiving
I'm thankful for
this brown carpet
with human fuzz
the sound of feet above me
the winds howling outside
me warm inside
alone but sheltered
the womb warmth
of my own soul energy
and of those I've gladly known
our cascading colors of light
happily perplexing
in this fluctuating perpetuation
of life
2.
the intensity of youth
the sharp, edgy freedom
spending time
coins with their edges rubbed off
that's what it's like
to be older
3.
I was three quarters
and felt everything
more than it should be
my hands colder than snow
the wind the howl of the artic
I shivered with Christmas hymns
all the way back to Santa
in the magical frightening world of child
I tingled with glad, knowing numbness
then I was transported
connected to every
atom in the cosmos
I was cold and warm
I was there and I
wasn't
I knew and I was innocent
I loved and I was
vacant
I was human, vegetation
and the swirling forces
blackness and pure
light
then I realized
everything is infused with soul
I am a seed and I have grown
I am a part
I am whole
