core

i admit

i’ve been there

i’ve been to the place

where the letters are

just before the words come

and traveled the clouds

where notes hang just waiting

to be called

into song

i’ve seen photons

as they coalesce

to form a beam

of light

i’ve lived dust

before life

and dust

when life

is done

there is great comfort in this

viewing and being the core

the elements of the whole

before the whole is known