the urishi tree

( underneath )

the urishi tree

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the deafening sound of

            silent bell     -     the     end 

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self preservation from the inside

            nuts and berries feeding favour

and meditations all hungry and blue

            every drop of moisture

                           tears     blood     sweat     piss

absorbed and exhaled

            sealed vacuum of thought

                            of transcendental tooth

                                                        of mind

skin tightens becomes leather

                  bones like stone

and the diamond sutra

            frozen on tongue

     ( earth pressing by the tonne )

a bone of regret and enlightenment

            both chewing the other's tail

in a circle of flesh

                  and feeling

                     and missed flesh

                                         and bone

and suffocating black square mind

            at peace            at last

the dedication of preservation

            faith unwinds

as the echo of a bell

                             dies

            and I become pine, inert

a lost pagan wooden god

            and smile     and take root

                  as my hand slips

                                     from the rope

                                ( condensation blues )

the chill            cold            knowledge

eyes closed            -            I    sing

            I hear the last reminder of bells

chime     chime     chime

            underneath the urishi tree /

understanding in hand

            keeping life at bay

knife  fresh opened wound, flapped skin

                a drop

               a bleed

    dehydrated oxygen blues

the vacuum of no god

            coughs up dust

and finally I see

            my hand slips from the twisted torque

and finally I sing

             the silence of the sound

                      immaculate, ( silence )

geckos lay eggs within my soul

            resonance dies in

 the wind

            and I am free