#1523 - headlong

 

1523

5.62

2.iii.24

headlong

(a solipsism)

for the Gore Cove Track Series

 

sometimes the hammering

as if another day above

 

breath and step selfsame

 

in browdamp

feel the uphill thump

 

as if between us and the sky

 

call these the clothes of the track

 

creek dark

feathers subdued

 

your own scrub brush by

hear that too

 

the making of steps

now as then

 

a hesitation

and feet fall on

 

whisper of fences before the road

 

hear the one heart under all

 

I have to walk to tell my line

I call the day to rhythm

somewhat toppling

still aflow

still finding

 

where there are further worlds yet

though we’re a long way down