'If I Could Tell You'

[Fkeu'itan]

When alone, I meet me.
When lights go down and all falls asleep,
When people walk no longer, instead at rest,
When even light departs for dark,
Is when I find true solace and room.

Dance, song, dream and wish,
Kinetic and emotional drift,
All that which is never seen...
Unleashed in silent explosion,
So as not to wake those long since gone.

Making plans, processes, wild endeavours,
Embarking on adventures, convincing...
Everything in that world is lost in this.
Beckoner of spirits, warden of old,
Flowing with ancients, feeling their voices.#

Suddenly,

Standing in clearings, blue skies, vast forests,
Ever-lasting fires, tribal drums, disjointed melodies,
Wide waterfalls, crystal clear - fresh...
Bounded by swathes of green,
Whilst I simply sit and absorb.

Or even to thrust into the centre of it all,
To dance with the elders,
To beat the drums of time,
To play, hunt, live with our mother.

Consumed, sprawled now, lost between worlds,
Never sure where I truly live,
Simply the rain persists,
Pattering on leaves,
Hammock swings,
Slipping over,
Feeling...
Real.

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Thanks to Blu Mar Ten for the title.