stillness is the dancer 4/10/19

stillness is the absolute of business

hard to fathom 

from our limited range of experience

given the eternal dynamics involved

motion is the constancy of genius

which we would refer to as this unmoving stillness

the elements of this sound as dance 

are far beyond our range of account

we forever rely on steadfast still pictures

to address this sound-dance-world, 

as we would come to know of it,

with reasoned reports

from our methodical worker force 

of observe, identify, and account

there can be fury, invisible frenzy,

intense atomic ferocity,

the acute passionate madness of moleculars 

but we sense only depictionals, at best

stillness is our sensory, 

at complete and sublime rest

bound by the lack of import

thinking that eternal is at peace

yet action in our world

is only experiential flashcards 

in our sensory faces

but the real dance continues on in tonals

without the intervention of human-modal lyrics

since we never wrote the original song

and clearly can only hum our own made up verses

ah, stillness is begging for our participation

in a somewhat conscious way

not that we don’t dance

as it dances through us

but hardly do we have that sense of integral rhythm 

or the emotional kinesthesia to immerse 

and be in the dance of the complete and the whole

stillness is always the invite

but our mindfulness is rarely ever 

the soul of a dancer . . .