Uncountable, unfathomable
Unimaginable, insurmountable
I cannot inventory this lifespan
Seated in glory, never damn
The molted skins sloughed, succeeded
By what would be me
Insidious hideous, ubiquitous
Quietus, a death per chair
Yet I live on my throne of care
Stripped bare body, mind, eyes
Blindfold lost with your demise
Lurking under murky water
A predator awaits the slaughter
Born and died an alligator god
I sit in my rocking chair
And I do not fear you
I rock back and forth
And I do not fear you
Born because of alligator god
From his spawn, fanged and clawed
Clergy to priest to god, father of my father
No degrees of separation farther
Disturbed water, the only sign
The alligator has come to dine
Hunting or resting in a river chair
Seat be still, yet his body moves
Unfathomable what god approves
You are gone now and I am here
It is I you have to fear
Sustaining Practice 