Chumash Poem by colleen brennan

Look up



I say to you



LOOK UP



LOOK UP NOW



LOOK UP



LIFT YOUR NECK



RELAX YOUR JAW



BRING FACE TO MEET THE SKY



OPEN YOU EYES



FEEL THE LENGTH OF TIME IT has



Truly BEEN



SINCE YOU'RE LENS HAS



GREETED GRANDFATHER SKY



ADORED THE MOON

FELT LITTLE AMONG HER COUSIN STARS

Aging they are away from youth



Fading



FROM VIRGIN GLOWs



THE BEAR STILL PLAYS WHEN all



Is TURNED TO DUST



7 SISTERS BURN TO



THOSE WHO DWELL IN SPIRIT



studied we are by the



MAYAN CAT Lingering tail



the MOON



REIN THE BLACK QUEEN



BY NIGHT SHE GIVES THE COMMAND



TO HER TWO SPIRIT WARRIOR DREAM



AN WITH A BLAZE



She blankets the Amber, violet, golden, honey suckled RAYS

MORNING BREAKS THE YOLK RISES



INTO the YOUNG MAN's SUN



COMMANDING WITH HIS HEAT



LOOK UP



The Disco arrives upon the ocean



As they dance on the waters FACE



DO THEY DANCE



LOOK UP



WATCH THEM MOVE



OF YES,



THEY REALLY JIVE



LENON,



DID HIS PART



IMAGINING



FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATION



STILL HE RIDES THROUGH THE CANALS OF OUR EARS



FOLLOW THE CONVERSATING



ACTION BEGINS WITH YOU



GOES BEYOND THE LANGUAGE



THAT LIMITS US TO WORDS

LOOK UP!



From the damn phone,



From a screen,



From you car where you yell at the CAR ahead,



That pulsates animalistic FEAR,



FROM WHICH YOU IMPRISONED YOUR BODY TO



RUSH TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING



BECAUSE YOU CLEARLY ARE NOT HERE



LOOK UP



IF YOU ARE WALKING



FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR FEET



LOOK UP! FROM YOU DAZE



Sleep walker FOLLOWING a MAP



THAT You were already BORN



WITH EVERYTHING YOU



EVER NEEDED TO



GET TO THIS



MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE



LOOK UP



YOU GET TO BE HERE



STOP BRUSHING THE DOG AWAY



LOOK UP!



IN HIS EYES



STARE A WHILE IN ANCIENT CONNECTION



LOOK UP



TO RECEIVE ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES



IN THE COPPER EYES OF A DOG



VOLTAGE ASKS NOTHING BUT TO FLOW THROUGH YOU



WE EXIST I GUESS TODAY

WILD AND FREE LIKE THE DOLPHIN

THE EAGLE

THE COYOTES



THE BEATLES

HUMMING BIRDS BY YOUR

SIDE BY YOUR SIDE

THEN IT S ALL OVER

SAYS THE ONE DAY LIVED LIFE

OF A NAT FLYING BY

MEET THE BEASTS WITH THE EYES

FEEL THE BARK FROM THE



VERY SKIN THAT BREATHES TO YOU LIFE



WITH THEIR ELIT

LANGUAGE



THEIR HAVE CONDUITS OF ANCIENTS ELECTROMAGTIC

CURRENTS PASSING THROUGH



AND WILL STILL

CONNECT FAR LONGER

THAN THE DAY

WE DIE



LOOKING INTO THE ANIMAL



WHICH IS YOU



MIRRORING YOU



THE CONDUCTOR



ASKS OF YOU



LOOK INTO HER EYES



SPEAKING TO HIM



INTENTION AND TIME



YOU STARE



UNCOMFORTABLE YOU FEEL FOR TAKING A MOMENT LONGER



YOU BEGIN TO FEEL THE POWER



LEVELED BY A DOG



YOU IGNITE SURPRISE



RECOVERING YOUR ANCIENT TRUTH



THAT YOU HAVE HAD ALL ALONG



NOT DEEP DOWN INSIDE



JUST AT THE CHOICE



ATTENDING TO THE ACTION



LOOK UP!



THAT'S THE PARTICULAR PLACE

OUR CREATOR

PARTICULARLY RESIDES