Music and Glass

———

somewhere

under the hazy corona

and the convection zones of conscious and subconscious

high pressure and immense temperature fuse together

the particles of the senses into heavier reality.

and though sometimes it can take years 

before the light emitted bubbles to the surface

it can strike in an instant.

if say, lying on the bed stoned by the thick air, eyes fixated on the ceiling

letting it pass through the crystallized transparent waves of sound

casting the yellows, reds, and blues of each memory on the wallpaper

finally realizing what happened in some blazing moment.

what a marvelous tool,

handed to us, probably, by complete accident 

molded, styled, practiced. perfected with time. glossy, curved, reflective.

decorating vast halls of history

capable of holding whatever we pour into it.

leaking out what wasn’t totally internally reflected.

if not for this damn conceit

imagine what could else we could learn from it

(Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash)