THE FIRMAMENT

BY AUSTIN CLARK

Separately Bound together,
a fractal thing.
Hungering for unifying purpose, I tread forth.
Where do I Belong?
My heart sees what my eyes believe,
Cascading Synergistic currents of
Purpose and Legacy
flowing atop the mundane bedrock of torpidity.
I have built an Ark (Truly, I have)
spacious enough for all those who
feel they belong.
It whimsically navigates these currents,
Adrift.
It is there during the first moments,
when a playful sun generously spreads its
curious light over a horizon of calm seas
that I look Skyward toward the firmament.
It is then, I know
each dazzling color that arises symbolizes
a separate hope and gratitude for its neighbor.
For they all know, they could not be their brightest self,
if it were not for the contrast of their neighbor’s personality —
Separately as one …
Amongst my own …
Amongst my fellowship … I | AC

ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTHERN OREGON, AUSTIN CLARK IS A MUSICIAN AND VISUAL ARTIST.