lifespan of a tomato seed

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you might not feel it
                                        but the ground is moving under us
as we speak
     and sometimes
all you want to do is

record the minutes

how long
           from your first
            lick of caffeine
to the first
                   smile of the day?

instant gratification
medicalation
pre-ordered
                                    revelations forget your process
                                                           but remember how to bind your feet so good
you might forget how you
used to use them..

use them more
than the laced inhalations
that got you through
your mother's death,
more than the brushes you
used to restore
the works of art you made with your burning tongues,
and
certainly more than the fists
you used to break ice ridden windows

so take off the sun dial
cutting off your circultation
ill be there
making sure your lungs are repaired
and obtaining enough air
and we will call it
rebirth
for you
and me
and we'll watch a whole day together
forgetting that we ever even slept
for so long inside our own skins
and we will enjoy
the flowering
of each other
while we can

we are alive.