spring 2

I heard it again

for the first time in a very long time,

through cheap earphones

while walking over uneven ground,

wind clattering longstanding trees,

green shrubs with spikes and yellow flowers

dancing; unruly flames.

At full volume it enveloped me.

Immediately I was four

And forty-four and ninety-four.

I wished the particles

of energy that made me could be returned

to the earth on which they trod.

Uncertainty and nuance and fragility

were the only definite. Solidity.

I heard it again

for the first time in a very long time,

through cheap earphones

while walking over uneven ground,

rain hanging in the air,

clinging to my face and hair,

purple flowers, fireworks

bursting through bushes

as though they were the night.