INFINITE
INFINITE
S.JENSEN © 2017
CLOSING MY EYES
HOLDING MY TEA MUG
THE SCENE CHANGES
ALL IN NEGATIVE FILM LIKE
I AM LOOKING
AT WATER
IN A CANOE OR SMALL BOAT
OF WOOD
WATCHING THE
WATER FLOW BY
A BIRD COMES OUT
OF A TREE
FLIES LOW
JUST IN FRONT OF
THE BOAT
WATCHING AS IT
GRACEFULLY GOES
INTO THE SKY
FLYING AWAY
SCENE CHANGES
AGAIN
WATCHING A PERSON
GRAB THEIR KEYS
FROM A SKULL HOLDER
AND RUSH
OUT THEIR SCREEN DOOR
GET IN A CAR
I CAN’T SEE BUT
HEAR THE ENGINE
AND DRIVING OFF
SCENE CHANGES AGAIN
AS A PERSON STANDS
THERE LOOKING AROUND
AND SUDDENLY
HER KIDS OF DIFFERENT
AGES COME UP
HUGGING HER
ONE BY ONE
AND THEY STAND THERE
AS SHE KNEELS INTO
THEIR ARMS
THE SCENE AGAIN
CHANGES
AS I AM NOW SMILING
LOOKING INTO
THE PLACES BELOW
WITH ALL THE
BUSY LIFE
DOWN ON THE STREET
ITS SO ALIVE
AND
THE SUN IS RISING HIGHER
IN THE SKY
AND SOMEONE
IS SITTING AT
A SMALL TABLE
DRINKING COFFEE
AND PUTS IT DOWN
AS ANOTHER
PERSON
COMES BEHIND THEM
KISSING THEM
ANOTHER SCENE
SOMEONE IS READING
A NEWSPAPER AND
STARTS FOLDING
AS THEY STAND UP
TO WALK AWAY
WHEN SOMEONE COMES
RUNNING UP
TO THEM
HUGGING THEM
AND THEY WALK
OFF TOGETHER
BACK IN MY CHAIR
I REACH OUT
MY HAND TO THE SCENE
FORMED IN MY
MIND FROM MY PAST
AS I SAY GOODBYE
TO MY SISTER
GETTING IN HER
CAR
TO LEAVE
ON THE LAST DAY
I SAW HER ALIVE
I OPEN MY EYES
AND SIP MY TEA
MOVING THE
WOOL SHEEP COAT
FROM MY LEGS
AND LOOK OUT THE
WINDOW
SIGHING
I PUT MY MUG
DOWN
AND LISTEN
TO THE AMBIENT MIX
A CALM
REACHES OVER
MY BODY
AS I FEEL
EVERYTHING
ALL THE EMOTIONS
AND I AM ALRIGHT
NOW
AS I GET UP
I LIGHT THE INCENSE
AND THE SMELL
HITS MY NOSE
SO SERENE
CALM LIKE
BEFORE AN EYE
OF STORM COMING
AND GOING
I GO OPEN
THE WINDOW
CRACKING IT JUST A TAD
THE COOL
AUTUMN CRISP AIR
FLOWS IN
AND THERE IS A DAMPNESS
TO IT LIKE
RAIN IS FRESH
BUT NOT BEEN
RECENT
LIKE THE DAY BEFORE
OR NIGHT BEFORE
HAS A SWEET
AROMA
LIKE IT HINTS
FOR MORE TO COME
THE SKY IS
A WHITE GREY
SOLID
THE TREE LEAVES
SO FROZEN IN TIME
AS IF IN A
PHOTOGRAPH
WITH COLOURS
CHANGING
FROM VIVID GREENS
TO VARIED
YELLOWS
AND BROWNS
AND LIGHT GREENS
AROUND THE
EDGES
OF IT ALL
I SIT BACK DOWN
MUSIC STILL PLAYING
AND FINISH
MY TEA
LETTING THE MOMENT
RUSH OVER
IN TIME
AND SPACE
SO CARRY ME
AWAY
TO DREAMLAND
AGAIN
IN THE
INFINITE
SPACES
I SEE...
