O atomless ancestor, unending
gesture of genesis
you action
that descends doubtless
upon the highest heaven
you chance
of enlightenment
and silence – all-at-once-
plunge of nothingness
you rest in loudest tempest
and acrobat of expansion, dwell-
er of becoming
lay your way in waves
your wake is a snake
laid in layers of waking
disentangle and form, you
figureless symbol, unhinge,
blind opening of angle,
you alchemical throw that turns
the skimming stone into an archipelago,
drums and lips, spills and distinguishes
this pellucid metamorphosis
yes you, residuum of creation
must be heard in imagination
the blossoming frond
and the tendril that curls,
the purr of wave and waterfall,
the dreamtime you arise behind
you astronaut of the ocean
and submarine of sky,
you sea of sun and mountain
of clustered vapour,
you alembic angel, condensing
sensation of dispersal, essential
ineffable
resolve, you shy – interjecting phenomenon
lonely listener in the midday anemone
of moon, interloper, here welcome
to answer the needless ticking
of speech and indecision
oh, you ongoing project-
ion of the poem, motion after which I
fumble for – the onward roll
of afternoon
downwards
toward possible
and the getting there
of nightfall coming
together a-
part—
The answer
always forming
