Deep in walk;
deep in thought.
deep in thought.
Then wind speaks, and
hair strays into her eyes,
the ends pricking the soft, fleshly orbs.
hair strays into her eyes,
the ends pricking the soft, fleshly orbs.
Her attention is pulled backward,
then forward,
to Now,
but is she now focused?
then forward,
to Now,
but is she now focused?
[Mind does not respond to the mindless happening;
Heart does not respond to the act not originating in (com)passion;
only the body seems engaged in this wordless conversation
'twixt a neutrally aware self and environs.]
Heart does not respond to the act not originating in (com)passion;
only the body seems engaged in this wordless conversation
'twixt a neutrally aware self and environs.]
By way of response,
an arm moves upward,
fingers flex casually,
and the errant strands are flicked away,
expected by the hostess to find rest
in some more appropriate way,
or at least a way less irritating,
one that will not obscure vision, cause pain.
an arm moves upward,
fingers flex casually,
and the errant strands are flicked away,
expected by the hostess to find rest
in some more appropriate way,
or at least a way less irritating,
one that will not obscure vision, cause pain.
"Time for a haircut," she thinks, dismissively.
The wind has been slighted, however,
and the opportunity to unravel
a coded message from the Kosmos has passed.
and the opportunity to unravel
a coded message from the Kosmos has passed.
© 2010 by Elisabeth T. Eliassen
