just as the light is
too big, too dangerous
for my body
I have to stay in between
life is scattered
light, softened
by the force of weight
the mass in which there is room
for an incomprehensible amount of energy
the darkness of death
the still life in which life is
a miracle every day
Poem 3379 Amsterdam, 2021-01-17 The sun and death cannot stare at each other (François VI, duke of La Rochefoucauld) "Le soleil ni la mort ne se peuvent regarder fixement" (Morales XXVI) Collection:Lilith's Powers Keyword:Dawn Keyword:Reiki^ Tribute to:De La Rochef., Francois Dedicated to:Maria Godschalk