Tuesday, March 21, 2006

lukoi

head thrown back
running
i drank in the light
running
like i should never
have been able

the ground opened up
the trees moved
one with the green
i moved
things that tripped
and things that snagged
did not bother

graceful and lithe
i drank it all in
sharp contrasts
soft yellow light
a darker green
and the smell -
an epiphany played
played inside of me

easing into a stop
incredulity winning
for a moment
over the newfoundness
the world twanged to a stop
an instant after i did
like rubber stretched
and not wanting to stop
urging me on

i look down
scratches on my arms
almost healing
and flash back to
a glimpse of gleaming
fangs in the dark

only a moment
a single frame
that dissolves into
the world alive
in front and around
my body thrums
with an energy
that will not
be contained

i pull back
one last time
inside
and then
mouth wide
smelling, tasting
tendons stretching
and muscles taut
i bound away.

15 comments:

N said...

vivid,I must say!!

zimblymallu said...

u just want to get bitten, don't you? lycanthrope virus or not.

Jake said...

@reaper : thank you.

@mallu : there is no or not

zimblymallu said...

def leppard begs to differ.
booyakaSHA.

Jake said...

boy. 12th std ? its been a while.

love bites. lifes a bitch. wonder if theres a connection ?

Anonymous said...

Ah, so he does exist. :)

Jake said...

is my reply 'yes he does' a lil redundant now ? lol.

N said...

you don't have a holiday today??where's the next post??

Jake said...

the whims of my inspiration do not condescend to follow mere mortal schedules.

:P

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Jake :)

Jake said...

thankee.

Anonymous said...

Umm Happy Birthday. :)

Jake said...

thankyou Ph. though you are a mite early for the next year :P

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!

Jake said...

thank-ee Lee