in the beginning i am writhing ocean, 
exploding waters, deep bubbling wellspring simmering, 
reservoir dam breaking under pressure

now i am processing, pennies and mirrors, 
smaller and recycling, reflective reflecting, a copper bowl 
with cooler contemplations

and i strive to keep what i am and what i know 
to be to be anchored to be ocean regardless i am ocean 
always under water ocean

the sea floor can be terrifying if one has never known 
its intimacy without pain as i do not explore my own depths 
without catalyst

and to think to feel to believe to know that this place this depth 
is beautiful is seaweeded and soft is 
caves further down

this place has a continuation of metaphors beneath the metaphors 
beneath the metaphors beneath the metaphors 
stillness still ripples

i am still rippling and in this appreciation of smaller circles which 
are no less or more fine than big waves 
i exalt in the liberation

the freedom of crashing and cresting 
the freedom of being and being the freedom of freedom 
the love of love the healing of healing

all these and more blessed be are powers of power 
and ever more happily ever after and beyond the fairytale 
endings we shall we shall

embrace all that is all that could be all that has been 
we shall let go and hold on we shall sphere and sphere 
and sphere and sphere

our shapes are sacred geometry 
being invoked by all the elements 

fire of my passion i invoke thee 
water of my essence i invoke thee 
air of my convictions i invoke thee 
earth of my grounding i invoke thee 

and pray inside and outside of ourselves 
this is a continuation of vulnerability and 
i refuse to allow myself to be embarrassed by such art 
i refuse to allow myself to hold back when it isn’t necessary

i would rather you know me deeply and respectfully 
not pick me up again 

this bowl of water is not for everyones consumption 
this bowl of water may not even be for consumption 

let me not limit what this water wants to be 
and to do because it is not entirely of myself or for me

this water love this water love this water love this water love this water 
love this water love this water love this water love this water love

translate each of these into another language and 
watch how they pour over other points of existence 
differently becoming the pouring differently

your absence and presence both have an effect on my life 
and everyone else who also lives and i want to thank you 
even if i never knew you personally

i want to thank you 
if we only shared a laugh 

i want to thank you 
if we only ever shared a small seemingly secret smile 

i want to thank you 
if we only had small talk 

i want to thank you 
if we bumped into each other accident 

i want to thank you 
if we only had a conversation 

i want to thank you 
if we we only had a small budding bloom of possible friendship 

i want to thank you 
if i raged to you or around you 

i want to thank you 
if we have a current connection 

i want to thank you 
if we have a past connection 

i want to thank you 
if we have a future connection 

i want to thank you 
for being alive

you ripple across the universe, 
the space time continuum is altered 
just by you breathing, 

now imagine what happens 
when you do 
everything 

else.

Sep 12th, 2014 10:45:18am

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December 5th, 2021

She, They, Family, Names

Mxs. Isa Lee Love Jones René