Unexpected...

seven months ago i broke my knee,
nasty fall.
pain, surgery, pain, not walking normally, frustration, pain, surgery, pain, not walking properly, hope...
yet in all this, some things became clear... some people helped, unknowingly...

seven months ago something happened...
a parallel path
converging, finally...

Seven months and counting:

Seven months and counting

Yet it still feels fresh

I uncover my senses

And what unravels shocks me…

Did I just do that?

Did I just say that?

How did I feel that?

It’s been creeping up on me

What I am,

What I want to be:

A cat purring

A tree growing

Chocolate oozing

When squeezed gently…

Seven months and counting

And there has been

No predators

No perpetuators

No hunger

No poverty

Simple pleasures

Mutual agreements

And the slow reassurance

That in all this I am still free

Even more,

I’m flying

Through the magic of an elixir,

Secretly given to me

Both my feet are grounded

And my head is clear

Seven months and counting

This is… here…

My energy is enjoying

A seductive resurgence

And the will

And the knowledge

That when there’s silence

I’ll sing my chorus
And repeat, and repeat…