'reposed not dead'

'reposed, not dead'                         timothy r gates, 5/17/2014


memory's memories
reposed, yet not
dead.
Be still,
behold the moment,
words heal
words kill
words are words.
words unspoken
words barely whispered
words are not merely words.
divinity's song is heard,
not in sermons
not through positive thinking,
or negative thinking
not in a traditional practice.
breathing resurrection's repose, shared.
"I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank." — Langston Hughes
or, learn to swim.