I Need It
I need it.
That something
I need it sharp and biting
Buzzing vibrancy balanced on the edges of bees’ wings and dug deep down with bones
That edgedness that cuts but smooths
Chipping away at the unnecessaries
Till all you need is breathing and that is just enough, thank you I want sex in the rain
I want to be pounded into the earth
Beaten into dust with pestle and mortar and built back up again
I want my feet to bleed
Cut by mountain tops
Savaged by the teeth of lovers and wild wolves
I want my dancing to not stop till my bones crumble beneath my weight and in so doing find that lightness
That one that birds do when they fall and rise up at the cusp of crashing
I want my beating palms to slap at solid water till it breaks and dive beneath the iced up liquid
Hovering till numb
And all I feel is the blood as it rushes through me and tries to keep
me switched on
I want to hang there till the seals stop being afraid and come lick me with their warm tongues
That way when I melt I'll be a part of them and we can swim beneath the ice together
I'll go down kicking biting screaming
But once I'm down you'll want to join me
Theres a much better view frown down in the earth where life pulses
Less tower top glass city smoke filled
Less wash it down with whisky
We'll wash it down with sea water and drink our own sweat till dizzy with the brilliance of it all
We'll forget the clinger clangor of the metal hunks and dig our own tunnels of direction
Moles with dirty fingernails making their cocoon
Nests of naked bodies cooking from the inside
Bellies warm and dark with the goodies of the earth
Let's break these boundaries
These lexicons of species time and self
Let's step free from these bonds
The shackles of mortality
Let's sing till our throats are raw and all there is is silence and it pours from us like waterfalls and all who hear it stop to listen
Because nothing can be beautiful too
You just have to look.
Let's be the lambs of sacrifice.
Let's make it happen.
You won't regret it.
Because regret does not exist in the face of such …