between the breaths

just after the carving started:

between breaths
thoughts stilled and Heart shimmered

between heartbeats
I harvested the sky
watched the diamonds melt
drank the shine
and drifted the somatic wonder-brine

until

between time and space
here begat there
dropped me back in the sculptors seat

now

I work the wood ~
and carve the karmic
into letters and words;
hoping they will bring me
back,
between the breath