BLOOD

Blood

vitally viscous

coursing crimson 

through the miraculous labyrinth 

of my body

Surging, 

racing, 

pumping, 

eddying, 

oozing through every artery, vein and vessel

Carrying oxygen, life, DNA, family, 

nourishment, energy, warmth, healing, 

and identity to every cell

Giving form to my soul

spark to my neurons

flight to my thoughts

Blood lines

blood ties

blood brothers

blood thicker than water

blood and guts 

blood of Christ

blood that sustains us from one cell to a billion

Carrying disease and poison, 

bacterial and viral invaders

smoothly and quietly

to ambush life’s processes

at any and every stage

Serving two masters,

knowing and unknowing,

willing and unwilling,

helping to kill me 

as it surges to keep me alive

Blood and anti-blood