[the same energy]

the same energy as a sleeping child
breathing, breathing
the pulsation of an RR Lyrae star
the same energy as the spurt
from an ocean floor vent
it is the same
as robots swarming around a nugget
the very same
as grey green lichen spreading across basalt
or the return of the sunspots
it is bough and leaf
as when a heart no longer needs the machine
that two part rhythm the ear forgot
this is that energy

and when you no longer share in it
you only feed that energy

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Richard Magahiz tries to live an ordered life in harmony with all things natural and created but one that follows unexpected paths. He's spent much of his time wrangling computers as a day job but is working on a way to center life around other things. His work has appeared at Star*Line, Dreams and Nightmares, Sein und Werden, Chrome Baby, Bewildering Stories, and Eunoia Review. His website is at https://zeroatthebone.us/.