Poetry

“CELESTIAL ROAD” by Dylan Griffith

The arc of the bird

aloft along skies of gray

weaves through wispy cauliflower

painting the stratosphere

blinding the perimeter of earth’s container

planting seeds

where we think roots cannot grow

where we know we cannot sink

where space may bring mercy

though mercy shall not transform

the species that claims roots

cannot sprawl thoughtful tentacles

in colorful soil

painting the celestial road

above what we call “ground”


​*poem inspired by the song Celestial Road by Sun Ra & His Arkestra

“OUR UNDERWATER FRIENDS” by Dylan Griffith

Today I wept at the ocean

while passing her

in my car on highway 101

& soon after

highway patrol flew by

speeding toward an exit

to collect someone else’s tears–

but the ocean,

void of our kind

yet full of itself,

& its water

struck me delicate & undeniable

at the peak of my imagination

& whispered:

winter's frigid wetness

preserves the vacations

of our underwater friends