Friday, October 23, 2020

From a Bed of Red

Time has dissolved
     in the white grass
     there is no end
             of birds
               or flies
     or snorting ballerina
             javelinas

They stay as permanent
     as stone and sky
             despite the wind
     whispering
             the minutes
And the birds slowly turning
             into songs

High above the rock, trees wave,
      berries are forever waiting,
             branches reaching,
Leaves fill out the chasm
      with the happiness of being,
             the lichen makes love
                            to the rock

Dead sticks caress soft grasses
       and grandmother tree 
             is as a child
      knowing what she's seen
             is but a shadow
                     rippling
          at the edge of evening