Tantalus

please make it stop please
no let me keep it forever

it pulses thru me like lightnin  
caught between solid ground and endless air
each cell blazes with that simple image
feet on the edge with arms spread wide

no words exist for this current
racin up my spine
joltin thru nerve endins
the same sensation that tore me from sleep
now refuses to release me

I shake from the weight of this feelin
intense and violent
tremblin hands reach for meanin in empty air
as another wave crashes thru my chest

tension coilin tight without resolution
beads of anticipation gather
caught in the cruelty of almost
the cliff's promise never fulfilled

please make it stop please
no let me keep it forever

this has branded itself onto my consciousness
that perfect moment of suspension
makin holy ground of common tile
where I kneel…retchin out nothin

I try to understand what my body already knows
why this image? why this feelin?
knowledge that bypasses mind
to settle directly in my nerves

between heaves I am reduced to feelin
no epiphany. no wisdom. just raw experience
skin electric with the unspoken
thoughts drownin in a risin heat

my throat burns from expulsion
as this rapture pours thru me
my fingers still tingle with electricity
stomach clenchin with each new surge

is this madness or enlightenment?
how can somethin so simple
grip my body with such force?
just a cliff and its void

I am bein ripped apart and remade
with each storm that rolls thru me
forever on the edge of a revelation
that remains out of reach

please make it stop please
no
let me keep it forever