Oh there is a peace that
Blows out my core and
Shakes every pip in its
Case
Oh there is a place in my
Bark that creaks when I
Stretch out my feet on
Air
A pace made of peace is
My breath as it breaks
Space between each step’s
Brace
Oh there is a peace that
Blows out my core and
Shakes every pip in its
Case
Oh there is a place in my
Bark that creaks when I
Stretch out my feet on
Air
A pace made of peace is
My breath as it breaks
Space between each step’s
Brace
Room for me
Room for you
Room for all
Hearth, heart
And space to
Breath, to stretch
To love to
Eat to seed
To sound to
Cry unbound,
To crave, to crash
And reassemble
In the factory that
Makes each
Day new for
Each and every
One.
Twin step
Full on the
Broad mist
Of hope
Sometimes round
Always fast
Bent a day
Spent somehow
Awestruck by Life,
The rhythm sing
Of light through
Breath
Fresh long breath
Through a clear
Head back to brain
Down, round the
Soul and down
To feet and toe
Bones lain on the
Cool Floor,
Feeling the cold
Hum of the house
On the street
Buzzing with cars
And shaking with
Trees in the wind.
Out it flows
Lungs compress,
Cupped above the
Stomach,
Up it gusts through
Teeth to air
Outside, inside the
Room and part
Of the world, warmed
Up by flesh.
[20th September]