Sand Crumbling Between the Gaps of Skin And Bone

Beneath my feet sand crumbled and filled the gaps
between my toes where the skin clings to bone.

I looked out over the beach and saw a drifting mist
and I wanted to go back in time and see if the creatures
that labored over the ground and scrounged from
the ocean all were made in the same glory, as say,
the light reflecting on a lake in summer.

Have you ever felt like there was some intricate
part of life you had never seen?
Ever, just once, felt like you could slip upwards
and end up in the vapor above the Earth
with clusters of sunlight on fire like synapses
and I know
There are some things the physical being
can only perceive like shadows in a dream.