“The Holy Land is everywhere” —Black Elk
Holy Land
moving to one side
out of traffic, off the shoulder
into the weeds, listening
it occures to me that nothing
is tangential, life happens here
regardless
not unscathed
by the mechanical operations of man,
just essentially unmoved
not unscathed
by the myopic visions of man,
but essentially unaware
not unscathed
by the moneyed obsessions of man,
but essentially disinterested
yet all essential to the planet of man
by just belonging to this moment
like secret cogs and wheels:
the unsung, unseen necessities of
breath and beauty
not at all unscathed by the wanton
recklessness of man
.
Jim Culleny
7/14/16