before you go

time could be measured in the spin
that tugs along
electron lines, the fullness of molecules
one to another sign their bluffs
their wager tingles in the mind
the pull of it till poof
you are crumpled in your weight, the you conglomerate
folds

but now
just wait
have you never felt it?
to be free of these tugs in matter bay, lines upon the liner
to steer to rope to steer
like beetle rustling dung

if you have, you know the whisper of the lake
upon wheel of car

and how the universe begs and begs
for the soul to thin and thin into one single note
one single string

ah, god, but now upon the razor edge
of this chopping gut-wrench wedge life chosen then
just then
how it will be your own fierce thing
your own

why could I not have made this known too
if it is known to some
what weightlessness is life and death
known too
the pierced through feel
of darkness by each point of light

god damn, don't tell me, never
unless you have tried them all
that the night does not indeed advance to the step
step step of stars upon the way
each beam still paid for, dearly, it is true
by material crush and crash
but you will burn on strong
you will yourself at times be light unfettered
you will, I know, for I have seen your weightless self
a mirage in the morning sky