I speak quickly and frequently

Without focused thought I allow my tongue to slither

The end never in sight of where my words might gather

And then I forget myself

 

I allow for treasured details to mingle with lost castles

Turrets, bridges, and doorways left unguarded in my heart

My hopes and expectations turn to yawns and whispers as I speak

And then I forget myself

 

I see grandiose visions along white picket fields

My desires race like tradewinds to frighten awake long dead temptations

I climb my words toward dark clouds high above the peaceful meadows

And then I forget myself

 

I see endless waves of heartbeats in my brain

Beats that perpetually pump these thoughts and imaginings into my mouth

As blood flows so flow my anxious riddles and wanderings

And then I forget myself

 

I find fetterless rivers broken free of dams and levies

Muck and litter wash up on banks all around

The delta mounts up with an altitude like a mountain

And then I forget myself

 

I will not be free from my minds flooding

Picture after picture flows unrepeatable through cascades of titanic proportion

Tyrannical beasts emerge from shadows behind my eyes from burst blood vessels

And then I forget myself

 

I do not long for the end of this condition

How I loathe my minds waterless oasis where the thirst is never quenched

But soon it will be purified and water’s tide will ride through each tributary

And then I forget myself

 

I will take no luggage for my luggage is unbound word

The pages will empty like scattering pigeons before the bumper of a taxicab

But the flow of imagination will create such machinations that will bring only praise

And then I forget myself

 

I will someday come upon the vine that leads me homeward

You will make all things new and Your reign will draw me in

And then I will find I am complete in You

And that’s when I forget myself