Rawheidegger

(On attempting a dietary change to raw food)

There is language
and guts
and eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue
and breath that opens lungs and belly
blood feeds cells
doing cellish things like breathing
eating, shitting, fighting harmful microscopic beasts
in each cell's macrocosm:
a delusional host.
Organelles and perception receptors undulating through the messages
blood, thoughts, emotions, sonic booms.
Reactons provoke enzymes
peptides
regulators and deregulators
scurries of information pouring in through every pore
filters and focuses
discards and quicksand.
And then there's intuition
that quiet whispering in all the ears
of all the cells.
Language is not the house we dwell in.
Language is only the excuse we use
to convince ourselves
of our ignorance
and unworthiness.
But cells know truth
and long for spinach
a bit of sun
plenty of water
and the pleasant vibrations
of love and inspiring dreams.