setting mind free from the body

not well today
in the heat the microbes invade
me and the princess
we lie here clutching our stomachs
she involved and waylaid
by early morning children television
me diggin deeper into books i always read when i'm ill
narnia
the dark is rising
earthsea
today it is silver on the tree
and the last battle for the light over darkness
why is it only when an adult is forced to stop
through sickness or breakdown
or perhaps the universe conspiring to force them to
why is only then that perhaps
just perhaps
the mystic gets a look in
maybe it when you have a fever
maybe its having nothing to do
maybe it remembering lost childhoods
i dunno
but when i'm sick i sometimes feel like i
think clearer
i'm closer to the centre of things
like all the run around is useless
n unnecessary
i saw clearly today how unhealthy the city was
how much i love it
but how i can't see what i want to see here
and then tomorrow
in the hubbub
i will forget this
and go back to the run around
so freends
enjoy your sickness
i am going to try
n learn from mine
CK

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