Phillip Michael Sawatzky - Elemental

Wind, a word
a force in the world
unreckoned in stillness.

Water, a word
the size of all seas
drowned in forgetfulness.

Earth, a word
that whirls stone beneath feet
life and death spun irregardless

Air, a word
hard as stone itself
aloof in providential purity

Metal, a word
hammered in its purpose
tastes like sun in eclipse

Fire, a word
combusted from desire
progenitor of arson and civilization

Wood, a word
striations of love-lost rings
born of leaf, air, water, earth song

Being, a word
we have separated ourselves
from unequivocal nature

Void, a word
invented to make life
seem like something certain

Consciousness, a word
inclines self toward introspection
falls lightly, a shadowy curtain

Love, a word
carved from God alone
crowns Islam along side Christianity

Trust, a word
born from living with insecurity,
knowing the wisdom of patience

Religion, a word
subjective unlike the sanctity
of holy unity-one eternal faith

Phillip Michael Sawatzky

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