Art

first you take a silver

mirror and hold

it so as to

reflect

all that it is

you see.

 

Now

collect

everything in a pan

and gently agitate the world

so that the lightest

and least dense

of its things

are spilled back out

and into

everything

 

As if you were a prospector

panning for gold in

a mountain

river,

 

When you have shaken most

everything

out

If your lucky

and you look carefully

into the pan

you will be left with the scattered

gold dust

of the only things that truly

matter.

hidden among the other

heavy things that

weight us

down.

 

Take these things and

melt them together

so you can

carry this precious metal

around your neck

so it hangs

by your heart

forever.