Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
Volume 19 Number 2/3 August/December 2018
(Final Issue)
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Lethal nearness
Once
before you
I am.
Stripped. Rare.
I shift into me.
Off my performances.
Off remembrance.
Off desire.
I’m there.
Nearly.
Beyond your lids…
Beware.
For how would you know
yourself
from me
if I disclaim disparity,
release confines,
abandon pressure...
That is –
if I cease to be
in the ‘looking’ domain
and attain my essence…
Bare fissure…
Beware.
For with me
within
you
ought to sense,
that I am apt
to craft,
immerse, dissolve…
And what’s more –
that, hence,
you
are
beyond
reprieve.