Safe Words for Soft Beings
for membraned beings with electro-
organelles, pulsations
to communicate acceptance
the word Ocean
for beings with crusted mouths
wide eyes dark pools of stars
reflecting generations
the word Ache
for microscopic organisms, data
drunk with heavy minds, adhering
to each other to create giants
the word Aspen
for clefted ears and strained voices
raw from constant war vocalizations
and no need for sleep
the word Pacify
for gods without imperfection
bodies without age, life
without end, without purpose
the word Patience
for sandstone creatures encasing
metamorphic minds volcanic
insides, immobile outsides
the word Spirit
for fire breathers, singed
feathers and sharp claws
who attack without cause
the word Resist
for hydrogen filled
orb-shaped glowing spheres
without central processing or language
the word Existence
for one-winged, one-eyed
single-hearted beasts,
planet bound, skyward dreaming
the word Balance
for wormhole born, time
wearied, universally empathic
sky-nymphs
the word Daydream
for soft-bellied, terra torn
loved and lost diasporic beings
cradled in the unfolding expansion
of space, the word
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