Mandlovu Mind - Jami Sieber

Suddenly, I am a single mind extended

Across an unknown geography,

Imprinted, as if by a river, on the moment.

A mind held in unison by a large gray tribe

Meandering in reverent concert among trees,

Feasting on leaves.

One great eye reflecting blue

From the turn inward

Toward the hidden sky.

I am drawn forward by the lattice,

A web of inaudible sound

Thrumming and gliding

Along the pathways we remember.

I am, we are,

Who can distinguish us?

A gathering of souls, hulking and muddied,

Large enough?

if there is a purpose?

To carry the accumulated joy of centuries

Walking thus within each other?

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Particular knowing and delight.

This is our grace: To be a note

In the exact chord that animates creation.

An ocean of mind moving

Forward and back,

Outside of any motion

Contained within it.

This is particle and wave.

How simple!

The merest conversation between us

Becoming the essential drone

Into which we gladly disappear.

A common music, a singular heavy tread,

Ceaselessly carving a path,

For the waters tumbling invisibly

Beneath.

I have always wanted to be with them, with you, so.