And: A Mythology
Balancing the chair on two legs,
you claim no past,
and gravity,
though complicit in the future,
aligns itself with the mass.
No connections fuse the two.
Or, lying there, you bridge gaps,
clasping hands with distant cousins,
awake in the moment
yet ready to drift and continue,
a solitary seed awaiting nourishment,
steady, existing only between.
“And: a Mythology” first appeared in May 2020 at Literati Magazine. Many thanks to editor Renée Sigel for taking this and several other pieces.
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This state resonates for me every time I read it; one of my favorites. Sadly, I no longer have any chairs I can sit on like this, which is probably intentional on Steve’s part. 😁
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I used to feel comfortable teetering on the edge, so to speak. Now I’m firmly on the floor. 🙂 But there are still ladders!
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