When Desire Was Pure ~ A Poem

by Michael Munro on Monday, September 5, 2011 at 10:03am

 

Do You Remember?
Do you remember
when desire was pure
before the double take
the awkward gesture
that moments hesitation?
I think you were surfing
or riding your bike
or kissing an elephant
or eating an edible flower
or playing in the sky
imagining yourself
to be a dragonfly
or chasing butterflies
with a plastic-handled net
or riding a skate board
desire was not "desire"
movement was movement
time was a meadow
the ground was the ground
sky was sky
clouds were clouds
sunlight was sunlight
and that was what it was like,
when desire was pure.
Do you remember?
Are you still here?
How did we forget?
Heaven and earth
wait patiently
for you and me
and everyone
to forget
forget the fascination
forget the contraction
let the fascination die
let the contraction open up
let the water flow
let duality just be
the mirage that it is
the dignified fabrication
is free in itself.