Landfall

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soft and seismic

gravitational stillness

i am rain over earth

—

a slow unfolding

populates seeds

over time

and season after season

—

i love the shared mystery

our endless dense

demesne

—

tireless tracing of your edges

whole

against my swirling vast

—

anointing exposed

inner depths

you left too-long abandoned

undiscovered

—

unassuming terraform

the earth never questions

why sky storms venerate her

with precise and reckless deluge

but you do

—

(are you real? why even worship here?)

—

in your sacred caverns

the pyres are lit

the passageways are swept

cenotes teem and swell

—

dark

cool

overflow

to quench seeker’s lips

—

prepare the sacrifice.

commit the rite.

and dance

in the rain

with me.