Why focus on the human?
Relationships, emotion, constant commotion —
I don\u2019t want to write about internal clockwork anymore,
Not another poem about restlessness and recklessness,
Turmoil, heartbreak, passing love, loving the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside the mind,
Is a world of inhuman wonder,
A prism of nature\u2019s colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What if I wrote about a tree, a leaf, a bird,
A star, a scar, a lark, the dark,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The languid lizard sunning in the ruins,
The wisps of whites of clouds,
As they vanquish the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crow and its cronies,
The doe and its babies.
The butterfly,
The jackal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blues so vivid the blueberries burst,
Reds, oranges, electric white, rising with the smoke,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A tear in the sky,
The echoing of heaven,
The tree blackens and splits in twain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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