A moment after the last echo
Of the original shockwave ceased reverberating
As this sun-spawned ember cooled in blackness
Elemental in its purity
Hydrogen ganged up on oxygen to create water
Clear as moonlight
Unmixed with anything
Long before it became the growing medium for all life
It was simply water
Unadulterated by microorganisms
Two and a half billion years later
Puddles of purity have been uncovered in the depths of bedrock
Leading me to sink a mineshaft through my heart
To plumb my soul’s depths
Looking for aquifers of pure emotion
Where happiness is unpolluted with nagging doubts and fears
And love is unbidden and unguarded
As it was before original sin
Before Eden and guilty thoughts
Before the diminution of cosmic sanctity
Into ideals to aspire to but never quite reach
So I search for elemental purity within
Convinced that something remains
Of the perfection of limitless possibility
David Trudel © 2013
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