The Coaster

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The golden koi 
on the coaster said, 
“Follow me.
 I am not just 
a surface on which 
you float your cup.” 

Dive beneath 
the sparkle of joy 
and swim 
in the why of it. 

There are stories 
you cannot tell 
until you find 
your atmosphere. 

The one you breathe in 
day in and day out 
without knowing 
your own depth.  

“Free me 
from the static water 
and I will take you 
where your cup 
is brimming.” 

Where there is no fault 
of your own and nothing 
untoward about you. 

When you surface
and others inquire 
about your newly 
anointed presence, 
tell them Kindness 
swept the scales 
from your eyes 
and you are swimming 
in the immeasurable.

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This morning, faced with the task of writing and a blank note space, I looked around my living room and wondered what it might be like to write a series of poems conversing with various things in my home. I was sipping coffee and noticed the koi printed on the coaster before I placed the cup there, which inspired this poem. In the process, I thought the only alien mind on the planet is the human mind because we divorce ourselves from all that is. We weigh our moments, our experiences, our things on scales of importance while a deeper part of us swims in the immeasurable, at home in the sea sway of life.

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