Beneath the weight of idleness, the flat stone
that presses dully on the teeming earth,
where worms eat what life’s lost, and where the birth
of life is sparked, small, fervent and alone,
a movement barely felt - a chilly coil
of muscle circling muscle, a blind pulse
of reptile - stirs. Forgotten things convulse
just inches from the surface of the soil.
The stone lies still, The stone lies still.
The static plate absorbs the heat of sun, and cool of night.
The garden grasses bow. The blossom's bright
with promise of benignity of fate.
Under the sleeping surface of the slate
beautiful serpents writhe and twist and wait.
credits
from Between Us,
released July 28, 2013
Written and performed by Michael Roulston & Valerie Cutko
