Peace

A song in the joints
and marrow of a man
carries with it
all the peace

of bowing out
of a fight with God.

of a car accident
instinctually averted.

diving under
powerful ocean waves.
of then breaking the surface.
of the first clear, sputtering breath,
of the buoyancy-
and the precious glimmering sparks
scattered skyward and
caught, frozen, by the sun.

of never being hurt.

of the jewelled and sacred night.