(hear silence. now)

I ran at the horizon

I grunted and moaned

I tore through the sky

And I found what we have all been looking for

[expand]

(hear noise. now)

It was brimming with chaos,

Loud with voices,

Life packed in like sardines.

[recoil]

(hear silence. now)

But I couldn’t see a thing.

[open a little]

This is not a place for eyes,

Only the feeling type can see here,

(picture a statue of a goddess against a grey sky as the camera moves)

I move into the light quickly

I’m afraid of the dark,

and I don’t go back

But sometimes I feel it in the wind

(picture a white handkerchief caught on a branch flapping in heavy winds and rain)

My feet sit in soil,

My heart is hinged to love,

And my hands hold the buildings around me

Incase they all fall down

[pause]

For if I don’t, I might see the invisible,

Hear the inaudible,

Feel the ineffable and

fly away

Lottie Consalvo 2024