summer solstice
written June 2024
summary: i'm not sure what i was thinking when i wrote this, but discovered it in my files from june 2024 and thought it was quite nice.

I make obeisance at the altar of myself Incense; frankinsence, myhrr: the gelatinous Petrified bulbous mass Perturbing the sense of peace I cultivate And string up, like biltong, in the sun. The dumbness The numbness My shrinking shadow marks the days till summer's Zenith, when the shadows will become imperceptable The spectacle uncanny The sun-orb, a million times a second, birthing heat Pushing down on us at 12 o'clock noon The dying litter the valley I have covered myself in their glory Shredded skin Bared ego I step into the playground of myself, Ready to make merry, in delight.

© 2026 Saad Moosa. All rights reserved.