Monday, October 19, 2020

The Bird

For Jen

You flew over Thunder Mountain,
        While sleeping below.
As long as love is held
        Wings won't release,
The bird will be silent,
         Sleepers will sleep.
Until all identities peel away
         From chrysalides 
Love will be a gift
         Of the conditional
To bodies still as stones
         In star-webbed night
That wait to be forgiven
         For having to exist,
When all that is created
         Flees the womb
To be the void of bird,
         Bringing thunder
Without a sound, the wordless
         To the song.