surveying

when you're walking

getting into a groove

half closing your eyes

moving your feet to the beat

it feels like walking inside your own heart

your bare feet barely touching

the ground

you're sinking deeper

away from everyday

imagining

you in a black t-shirt dress

with classic cap sleeves bateau neck

just simple cool summer cotton

flapping in the breeze

an oversized blackbird's wing

against your sunny legs

you've taken off your sandals

flip-flops made from palm leaves

carrying them in hand

the better to feel the earth move

because this is what you do

surveying energies

feeling the lay of the land

the ley lines and latitudes

with the soul of your feet

lines are drawn all over earth

common and confusing as dreams

you're walking the ethereal routes

the skating figure eights of health

the shapes of alphabets available

to the life force of the earth

you don't really know what you're doing

it's just what needs doing

like a riddle needs solving

your busy feet mapping earth by numbers

you're a blackbird's wing of power

in your t-shirt dress

afterwards

in the light of everyday

feeling fulfilled

having connected

energy and people

transworld

you still don't really know how

but this is what you're doing

surveying

Vera Kelgart  (with cradle crystal)  2018