sorting through loyalties



i am a mammal

	closer to blue whale

	than fire fly

				

					we know the nature of energy

					that nature is nothing but energy

					that energy isn’t born, doesn’t die

					that nature defines all that lives and dies

i am natural



am i of earth or sun when tanning in a salon under blue light



when i leave the planet

        fleeing industriously

shall i retain love for the apple

	bursting sugar blood into my mouth

and the tree, the grass all green in this particular spectrum of visible light

swaying at the wind’s present, particular velocity



do i have enough loyalty to the street light to give up the day







if i was on the chalky moon	to be sure	i’d stop drawing landscapes



i hear of this solar powered ship that can float along ripple-less

space indefinitely

what if i was inside, casting no fog  as i breathe against the window

looking at ripple-less space indefinitely



since i’m not that tree and have these eyes

i built me a telescope and look

consider my next move

© James Irwin