Animal Birth

There are no words in origin

Out of the body, the body within

Inside the body, genesis awake

Earthquake minutes before midnight

All this time & now this time again

The universe begats a form, animate climber

Her heart, pure clear flame, tinder-caught

The way life continues its play, anti-entropic

Eyes forming to witness suns on water

Everything on hand to watch air move

Blue vine planted on the border, glorious morning

To be seen, light grows fingers, face & toes.