Sand moves.
Sand sighs.
The desert states in sound.

–––

Grain upon grain,
the slow collapse of light,
the shiver of silica
a voice born from friction.

It whistles beneath the wind,
a hymn of movement,
a memory of glass.

–––

What is dust,
but a fallen star remembering heat?
What is song,
but the ache of geometry learning to count?

–––

Now the scales unfold.
Interstellar sands collide
cloud upon cloud,
ion on ion,
and the void begins to murmur.

–––

Solar winds rub the edges of worlds.
Rings grind.
Comets hiss through ice and flame.
Every orbit sings.

–––

Galaxies meet in slow embrace,
their arms of dust entwined.
The dark itself trembles.
Gravity bows.
Creation is percussion.

–––

Cluster to cluster,
field to field,
the choir expands
a harmony without centre,
a tone without end.

–––

Then the multiverse,
those veiled infinities
resonate through one another.
A vast and voiceless mantra,
too large to name.

–––

Infinity sings itself.
The friction of being.
Breathing becomes the breath becoming.
–––

Friction of being
spark of the whole
this is creation
song of the soul.


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  2. Moonlight Spiritus Avatar

    A little different from your other writings. It ends inwardly, and I love it very much. The shifts are lovely, too.

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    1. D. H. Jervis Avatar

      Thank you. I’m encouraged that you like it. I’ve been somewhat in two minds about it.

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      1. Moonlight Spiritus Avatar

        You did go from external to internal this time. Your mind is often out among the stars, or rooted in the land, but here you stepped through the water, bringing all of it into being. I love the breathing room in the pauses, it lets the song expand and feels natural.

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      2. D. H. Jervis Avatar

        Thank you so much. Your comments are most perceptive and quite helpful. I value your input. I didn’t really notice I’d gone the other way and that had made me unsure about the poem.

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      3. Moonlight Spiritus Avatar

        I’m really glad it helped. Sometimes those subtle shifts happen on their own but they carry so much feeling. It’s a beautiful piece, it breathes with you as it’s read.

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  3. danu40k Avatar

    Nice thing to wake up to

    Thank you

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    1. D. H. Jervis Avatar

      Thank you. As is your comment.

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These poems are moments pulled from the folds of everyday life, memory, myth and imagination. They are invitations to pause, to notice, and to enter the spaces between words.

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