& the space between

that which is
& what we would
press springing

ever flowing rings & wings
& things that sing for
even those who
cannot bring
themselves

to being

yet

the skin
(light—flesh—consciousness)
stretches
slipping out of

r e a c h

o breaching desire
leaping leading
into places

where (here!)

invisible hearts inspire conspire
to slide two & three into four & five
expire a single other turning & another & another
& the impossible beautiful other dancing liquid elemental curving just beyond

this dissolving grasp

yet ever there resolved a comfort
of what comes
between
the beauty of that which trembles & that which roars expanding
 

Ric Williams was born in Arkansas in 1952. He has been interested in the slippery nature of consciousness ever since. He received his master's in mythology with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 1998. Ric has edited the Litera listings of The Austin Chronicle since 1988.