a study in light and shadow
Act I: brilliance (i sing the body illuminated)
there is elegance in the organic
every vein dances with grace, the pristine sanguine
the clockwork life of a cell is a small infinity
there's a perfection in the sturdy shipshape of bone
an eroticism in the languid stretch of a muscle fiber
and all the deep intrigue of
form in life's light
for the benediction bestowed on me
when your hand twitches and
you are light, you are light, you are light.
Act II: shade (to touch)
i am of the dark
i am not of form
as of you, my heart
like the fuzzy forms of your peripheral
i am better to behold
in silhouette
as the dark, of the dark
i pour my heart outward
and you are light, you are
all around and you fill me,
fill me and you are
light you are light i am
dark you are light and i am
burning.
burning burning burning burning
you hurt to touch
burning burning
if i touch will you crumble? will i?
burning
Act III: equilibrium (the fire sermon, revisited)
and i burned
and eliot wrote, good fellow, tried my own
ancient mother tongue like gossamer in his
mouth, wrote shantih shantih shantih
peace be unto your wretched soul.
but i am shadow touching light and
there is no peace here.
i am in the still-burning city
there is no Lord of augustine's love
here and still thou pluckest me out
are you in carthage? i will come to you
after all, to touch dark as light
must hurt as much as
to touch light as dark
and we will stand in the flaming ruin
and simply see the fire.
as to me, so to you.
as above, so below.
as without, so within.
fire
burning
bliss
shantih shantih shantih
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