The Vertigo of Sprouting
The afternoon did not begin; it accumulated. It was a weight of light, a thick yellow that pasted itself to the windowpanes, waiting. Inside the dark, quiet earth of the chest, something was happening without permission. It was an almost painful itch of existence. The Earth danced to life as mixtures of rain and sun stirred my dormant seeds. It was not a grand, theatrical dance, but a secret, microscopic shudder. A root is a blind finger searching for God in the mud. To be born is a violence of light piercing through the heavy, wet soil. I felt the … Continue reading The Vertigo of Sprouting