Orange light rains hard upon the basalt face of earth,while centuries converse of whether Time may fashion worth.Humus tendrils reach around the proud striated curvewhere beasts of wing and hoof alight to patiently observe.Then saplings play a lengthy game to score a pleasant glade,and sunlight nurtures cousin blooms who thrive beneath new shade.A fragrant breeze… Continue reading Place
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Mirror
Staring up the hill, across a curved expanse of sodden earth, the Wolf draws forward, fearing loss of scent before the Moon’s full birth. Brother Sun eviscerates each nuance, casts aside all shade, and swallows hungrily the dust decaying down from lives well made. As sharp as steel and steady as a hummingbird in Summer’s… Continue reading Mirror
escape
what am i doing still writing between these lines going page after page as if some direction emerges out of thin air to guide me out of the darkness and uncertainty instantly landing me in a poppy field like the rolling hills around the emerald city where all the different parts of myself converged just… Continue reading escape
Eugene
I couldn’t quite find the words as we sat together around the table, looking hopefully into our kins’ eyes. So differently our tongues curl. Our gardens keep asynchronous calendars. Our suns rise and fall several degrees apart on the Earth’s dial. We conversed in search of the shared story. I could not find the words… Continue reading Eugene
Outbreath
Her chill has lost its jagged edge, no more to tear into the bone. Her breeze sighs sprightly tenor trills, now muted Winter’s baritone. Her sunbeams practice pirouettes on dew that blankets grass and stone. Her scent releases fertile notes that herald Mother’s swelling thrown. She rises, ringing bells of bliss that carry ‘cross the… Continue reading Outbreath
