ego, te absolvo
divine the snow leopard, if you can.
which is to say: divine silence.
stillness. the way the mountain
invests the cat's presence
until it's cousin to stone,
inherent & sovereign,
a geography revealed
only as hunger yields
its object. seek to know what
does not seek you--what would
sooner share your blood
than your embrace. taut
ecstasies of the animal.
the trail of an ego gone feral.
Kevin Kreiger is an LA-based poet, playwright, and academic/career counselor. His first collection, KAIROS, is due out from Tebot Bach Press in 2016. You can find more of his work at www.inspiritwriting.com
You can feel this poem stealthily moving toward
ReplyDeleteits prey.