Mean Well

by severnspoon

I
bring to mind
as true promise
that pale pitcher
and I will drink

rivulet running
broke unbroken
stream of becoming
this now this

wound repair
pale distance
this saying
never now past

new poetry
given to life
bear mind again
worthy past

II
say only
that you
mean well
and I will listen

refract retract
timid taking
always saying
I am new here

orphan
public mind
speak slight
mouth word delight

while the heart mutters
new current press
alarum cry
gallops storm-ready

III
say the song
you sleep to
bound by dreams
awaken the melody

down in the ground
a mean well brine
bile of sour stone
charms the water

we are water
welling
meaning
more from this

born again
chemical fume
sick meal
of self

IV
pfui
body
bone
bit

sings as well –
meaning
to save
itself

cares only
live again
live again
no harm

renew
no harm
sing again
into the flesh

till safe
dark ember
membrane
grows firm as stars

song
sung into song –
a hard stone
messenger

receives
fair token
strand song
wisdom

V
ages on ages on
well laid roads
reunion paths
lead to good hunting

no
new
promise
iterations

common
cached
collision
namespace

myth-men
memories
messages
recurring

painted leather
language signs
leaky vessels
characters

speaking still
what message
remains unheard –
to find savage ground