Your heart swam through ocean to air
how to breathe where you couldn’t swim
no-one to show you how
you were the ocean, the plankton
and everything that flowed into you
also flowed out of you.
Now you gasp in the dry heat
on a sandy beach
and even though you can’t see it
everything from now on
will be a struggle
to find your legs
and catch flies for supper.
You will be told in many words
you are an isolated ego
fighting for survival until you die
and the only thing that will save you
is a good night’s sleep
and this lullaby.
(from Sleep With Me: Lullaby for an Anxious Planet; Ekstasis Editions 2020)
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