Poem Nineteen: Magnum Opus
Magnum Opus
Sun inside sun.
Water tangled inside water.
Magnum opus
as chaos among branches,
heaven to earth,
earth to body.
What conceives itself
also gives birth:
the milk of nebula, salt
of the philosopher’s stone,
mercury, dew, fog,
the Holy Spirit rising.
Elemental as stars
on your eyelids
squeezed closed
tight.
The primitive answer:
go towards it,
everything that reaches for you,
everything that carries the light.