when I was a child, my aunt told me
that if rain fell while the sun was shining,
it meant the Devil was beating his wife
I never had the slightest clue
what it meant
but today,
it may just be true…
for the sky drips purple wax
on slippery horizon
flickers bright with
wick dipped in fire,
angels of sun,
showering out plumes
of fractal light
something vast, immense
holds space between sparse clouds
a light spray of water
cascades over my vehicle
and busy spirits of air
float and move about,
vying for better positions
I move intentionally,
purposefully through the scene,
hurried to escape a day
that will not be missed
hurdling over a variety of nonsense
machine churns over road…
not as fast as I imagine it should
not enough ground
falls between myself and
all that I seek
to leave behind
I am allowed to briefly glimpse
a pristine, white mare
eating peacefully in the pasture
by the side of the highway
she is without blemish
and without any earthly substance
she is something etheric,
angelic and full of joy
(or so I imagine her to be)
she never sees me
she has no idea
who I am
and so… I am
utterly and completely
jealous of her
I have not been filtered
through the windows of her eyes
I have not polluted the peaceful
realm of her mind
with all of my chaos
there is, for her,
only eating and walking
and other things
of equal pleasure
she has no idea who I am…
and neither do I
still, I drive by
and for something
not exactly a second
and not quite a lifetime,
I live vicariously through her
perhaps the breadth of a heartbeat
in looking on her,
tasting the carefree grass of her world,
I am for one, solitary moment,
free from Samsara
I have no hurt, no rage,
only a sky full of purple wax
and preoccupied angels,
angels who watch
over the quiet beasts
that are the mare
and myself
angels who possess
wider eyes
eyes
that screen out the dross,
placing a clearer lens over it all
I breathe in my quick look
at what serenity is dancing
just beneath the veneer
and for a frozen moment,
the mare and I
are both
full
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Magus
(Kevin Trent Boswell)
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