Luminous Human

Luminous Human

In the afternoon, a moment finds me
Light angled low, golden saturation
Untethered from any ordinary
Compulsion. This sudden invocation,

obscure and primal, calling me by way
into cellular phosphorescence or
radiance saturating through this day
spiritual stoma, grace exchanging for

fear, for dullness, for all everything else
All that I spoil, all that I am leaving
All the ways I find to poison myself
The still sacred sound of my own breathing

The juncture has passed, the light has gone down
Luminous human, I lost what I found