As I Am Walking (I Am Becoming)

This poem/sound piece was my contribution to Queer Out Here Issue 01.

I thought I'd share it separately, mostly as a record for myself, but also for those who might be interested but who haven't yet listened to Queer Out Here Issue 01 for whatever reason. The text is below (it's not a precise transcript - it's the text from which the sound piece grew) and there's more info in the show notes.

As I am walking
I am becoming        myself
In this world
In this way     I am becoming
A mind           full of the present
        I am a movement
        I am a moment
        I am presented to myself
As a footfall on grass
As a breath in the breathing of leaves
As a body
Enveloped by sky and earth
By rock by water by trees
Defined     on a path
                   On a past    dissolving
                                        On the wind
As I am walking
I am becoming         aware
Of place and pace
And time measured in heartbeat
And cloudheight
As an ever unfurling
Now                           breath
Now                           step
As I am walking       breath
I am becoming         step
I am a movement    breath
I am a moment        step
I am presented to myself as a footfall
                I am falling
        I am filling
I am full

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If you're queer and want to make an outdoors-related audio piece for Queer Out Here, submissions for Issue 02 are open until 1 September 2018. We'd love to hear from you!

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