endemic (this moment called you)

endemic (this moment called you)

as long as your feet

move across the curve

of this spinning planet

and your lungs expand

with the sweet salt air

worshipping the rising tide

this moment called you

is etched indelible and deep

in the bone and marrow of me

and courses warm and faithful

through every sacred cell

that builds flesh sinew and muscle

i have tried to find where you

begin and i rest kneeling alien

turning me against me in prayer

peeled and cast aside like rind

from an orange desired only

for the juice and pulp of this fruit