Someone plugged in the universe
and it swirled up and out and into a lustful and holy mess
that scattered us all over before we slammed together
and then ricocheted
and burned and cooled.
Flame tendrils like fingers reaching;
Some held and gained weight
Other slipped away but left invisible heat
That circles back to slap us awake in wondering.
It all echoes, you know:
Cries and sighs
Babies in the night, silent graves;
Dark memories, the smiling, splashing days.
The anger of the forgotten and dispossessed.
All the words said and never said,
The sweetest kiss, the softest touch;
The saddest, hollow departure;
A heart left empty for no reason.
Oh, this explosion seems so orderly
And predisposed to ending,
Gravity weaker at the edges.
We run away, fold inside ourselves
And cement in the grief and love
and the laughter and smiles and tears
and eyes locked, fingers bound,
bodies entwined and bruised and
Wrap ourselves in some hard capsule
Awaiting the final screaming exit.
But, wait; it is gravity still.
And after all the swirling and scattering
And denial and acceptance,
Something breaks free
Like a stone from billion miles away
To scratch across the diagram of never-touching circles
And creates its own weight;
As the unseen, forgotten dust coalesces
Into your face
And all the spinning and distance
Mean nothing.
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About michaelstephendaigle
I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest;
Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards;
Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards.
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest.
Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards.
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards;
The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest
Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards
A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.
