me-dumb

In the depths of tent city In the tall skinny pines An electric blue mist Turns the shadows to lines The music's distorted The spirits are bright And colors are gathering Contrasting with night In one of the tents A blanket-heap lies Where eyes wide awake Will miss the sunrise We're all safe and comfy Away from the dew As soft golden sunshine Comes filtering through There's magic in the hair Of a wizard asleep Where purple is natural And sunlight is deep I unzip the doorway And open it wide Inhale the fresh air And go barefoot outside The people on hammocks That swing to and fro Are unlike the clouds That have places to go As I watch

Pour out the color Pour out the fear Pour out excitement, Happiness, and tears Pour out the patterns Until the paint runs Tell us your story And give us your love But be careful, humans I fear I must say It's easy to channel nonsense In a nonsensical way

Spilled coffee freckles a handwritten note, Eyelashes filter the sun Making rainbows for your eyes As all our heartbeats run. The way the pines look alive reassures you. So old, so tall, and so wise. You feel calm within their cradles That sway you like the tide. If only you'd listen closely As the gentle branches creak And move through the wind so easy. Quiet words, through silence, leak. The willow withies bend as well. They're trying to get through, Saying "HEY, we're all connected!" So am I, and so are you. You may just feel a fiery light That makes you feel complete. You'll shine it out, wherever you go To everyone you meet. And

In the midst of my mind Hopelessly trying to organize The information that flooded in From five different directions I could speak just one word Through my body And out of my mouth: Raw, I said. And so I was. And so it was then that I could accept my own existence of that moment Because of the perfect word... Raw. The surface on my skin, Scars and grime, A protective opacity, Had been scrubbed off Leaving me raw, But all of me. Clean, Sore, Fragile, and gentle. Ready to grow and heal. A full, deep breath, The air and I inhaled eachother.