life is simple. people are complicated., careless, & my favourite person by Holly H Bercusson
life is simple. people are complicated.
when I settle like silt
under a busy stream
I swell with the thought of you.
scientists say (should we call them wise men?)
life can be reduced to processing potential
and when the time comes there will be no more
– the big freeze –
is what you’re giving me,
is what they call the end
– heat death –
everything still, settled.
who knows what comes next?
dead men say (we won’t call them wise)
ending, the universe reabsorbs
itself begets us
all anew –
what do you think of that? –
and so and so and
so forever.
if I met my end like a universe
would we be content
to live it all again?
these aren’t questions we should ask
but live – with noble ignorance
of the end,
the beginning,
the end.
I am not wise
I wonder but do strive
for wisdom
fumble some moments
where I settle
like silt under a busy stream –
I swell with the thought of you.
careless
it’s raining in Auckland
sullen clouds wring themselves out
like dirty sponges
at a red light I meditate
on the peaceful beat
of my windscreen wipers
a church billboard advertises
eternal life
but static perpetuity sounds so empty
I’d rather just be nothing
I chew off a hangnail and spot
a ladybug on my wrist
how did you get here?
its carapace shines
I could ask you the same
I don’t always love living
but in a scramble with nothing
I’m always pleased to share a world
with tiny, careless creatures
my favourite person
we met where worlds dream
our lips, and hands, and soft breaths, and
[
I found the light that never goes dark
like violets in your lap;
I was never more than when you
loved me
your pre-raphaelite darling
girl burned so bright.
mountains
spirited away
from
the dark
stone and shale
carved
out [
rubble
debris and sand.
more
into
more
became
known
as
a candle to
wonderful things.
[
[
I take comfort now,
knowing I was [once]
destined for you.
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