160: Tellus

You say you're thinking forward (you betray yourself) —

you're absorbed, enchanted,

lulled to sleep

by deftly picked guitar strings, trilling ideologies,

and all you hear and see is here

is now

is eternally locked in the present

where she sits on the concrete step,

locked in her own embrace,

too old, too young

teetering

at the edge of the past at the edge of the future

as your song ties her to your now, loop after loop

immersive

enchanting

and the butterflies and bees think her just another wallflower

they rest their wings on her head and her shoulders

and the passing dog sniffs the grass between her boots

the grass

her boot

the grass

then hurries on with hopes of a treat —

a treat, a treat —

loop after loop,

around her again and again and all she is

is a stony wall with moss and lichen

and you're a musician absorbed in your work.

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Note: 'Tellus' is the scientific Latin name of the Earth, from the Roman goddess Tellus Mater or Terra Mater, goddess of earth, marriage, and fertility, also equated with the Greek goddess Gaia.

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Written by: Katrine Hjulstad

Instagram: @katrinehjulstad

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