BEFORE THE WORD  (11-14-95, Galveston Island, Texas)

 
a moment  
ago  
before
the word  
this page  
was as blank  
and clear  
as my skin  
was once  
free  
of blemished  
disease  
as my mind  
was once  
free  
of worries  
in life  
as my soul  
was once  
free  
of having  
a body  
as earth  
was once  
free  
of having  
form  
as god  
was once  
free  
of all  
creation  
as blank  
as this page  
a few  
moments ago  
before  
these words  
arose  
chicken  
or egg  
which what  
came first  
blank  
or not  
no further  
need  
for human  
assignment  
intellectual  
theorems  
nor hypothetical  
unenlightened  
disconnected  
egoic bound  
definitions  
only keeping us  
perpetually  
stuck  
in this  
species specific  
mass blinding  
illusory muck  
of over  
compartmentalized  
separation
ever further away  
from  
the seen  
and unseen
greater
sacred  
whole
of it
all