COMES TO PASS

A mind filled by the heart sees a world full of beauty and compassion. Contents . ignorance . intensity . indignity . iniquity Intensity to be of great depth to strain in stretching out to form from extreme feeling COMES TO PASS When my hands are up my guard is down more happiness arose from my heart than from my mind so far as what I’ve witness come to pass. Having tried to outrun buckets of emptiness overcome heated pavements hell bent spent, exhausted, all out of past done fetch the watering cans out from the back of the attic wash out the webs of too many answers and spiders poised I suppose to test your faith in whether or not things better not left to unfold can be cared for well enough to be secured and hold up an end so the damned things stay behind the veil of whoever cast those spells anyway So when your hands go up your guard begs your feet better have sturdy contact with the ground so happiness can come from your heart not your my mind for far as long if that love shall last. Crumbling thoughts keep me from mastering peace everyone says comes from within and even a glue tap never running dry could hold everything that has to come apart together. Our hands are up and the guards are marching down the street prepared for what we all hope never comes the happiness waits in a gaze away from the scene birds are chirping over the loudspeaker mic bumping the people are empowered and using their bodies to share their minds unrest for their wages barely clean up the mess everyone has littered the streets with these days. When in love we find where the dreamtime myths typify the whispered lies stories for those with their eyes closed a majesty's heart soars within and through beyond there is this world I know we can both hold. © Mari Amman. All Rights Reserved. Poetry, Prose &Suche VOL I. First edition 2023, electronic distribution. Text and Images by Mari Amman. The poems contained within this volume were drafted circa 2006-2009, in Chicago, USA, and edited during spring 2023 in Paris, France, with the enormous support of The Trélex Residency. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lelapin.substack.com/subscribe