Stillness Elusively hides In the cracks and crevices Lining the basin Of my mind’s boundless rim Resting in the center I calmly watch my thoughts Float away from me Like streams Some flow as water Gently nurturing the ground Others rise, tangled together, Coming apart in the open space above Formulating like starling murmurations Gracefully…

A vapor trail Forming in the dark glow Of the room’s electric haze Bumps and knocks sound lightly In the night’s omnipotence The blood pulsates rhythmically Sleep is elusive in the vesper A dull ringing in the chest cavity The hallway illuminates Someone is always awake Is it I Lumbering toward morning Or are we…