Saint Julian Press Poet

Thomas Simmons

 

THE BODY AT REST

 

 

In the evening we are all of us our children, 

Frightened of unconsciousness, the story's end. 

 

 

This is the end of the story. Rest now.

We are inside human history, that infinitesimal 

 

 

Shaft of light not yet past the Milky Way.

Forget the all in motion, forget that what we see 

 

 

Shifts because we see it. Past Newton, who dreamed 

Einstein but, too horrified at what he saw, dreamed 

 

 

Aristotle in return, who liked things as they stayed.

The igneous rock outside his door could not be assayed

 

 

Except in its native stillness. Our stillness now.

We have fallen a long way, but see, now, how 

 

 

Our mutual light recedes as our diminished sun 

Appears to set. Some days it is enough to have done 

 

 

Simply what we have done, and in our night 

Begin to dream our journey past the speed of light.

 


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