Ancients (A Retelling)

from The Uncreated EP by Micah Kimber, Mustache Poetry

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The air we breathe is ancient, and heaves dust throughout it's lungs.
Fracturing when plain men sing, with every bell that’s wrung.
Blend of the dead and the living, of the rains and the dusts.
Incubates, destroys, sustains, rewards, and rusts.

God made dirt, but clodded pores won't cure our pain
We play tattoos for a fool, working out crafts in vain
If I grip sand and coal, will I form diamond or gold?
Or will it slip through my fingers, a shattered toast to my shame?

Will we find solace in labour, and in the strain of our knuckles?
Will we be honest with neighbors, or, under obstinance, buckle?
Have we truly been convinced in our own minds of our masks?
Have we engraved with autonomy the very
knives in our backs?

We gasp as the sweat of our brow fills our cup.
We drown in rivers of death as they flow from our gut.
We are trees planted by the Wellspring of life, vining our roots around a gravestone whose name reads "STRIFE."

Breathe deep.
The timeless seeps in.
Glasses emptied, and filled with the ancient. Finding Y/your name again.
Turn the faucet. Let it bleed thin.
Speak your peace, and weep, to a circle of friends.
Straight from the ocean floor of an age forgotten, down the cheek of the honest at his end.

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from The Uncreated EP, released January 25, 2022

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Micah Kimber, Mustache Poetry Richmond, Virginia

My heart is to Love and connect with others by sharing art.
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If you create, share. If you aren't creating, scared of how it'll turn out or how others will respond, I understand. But art is self expression. It's for YOU first. If it's real, you'll want to be heard and someone will hear.
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