SOFT RIVERBEND
Snowflakes crystallize, unique
& elegant. Mandala-
knots (of ice). Then follow
the sun, like dew in a raven’s beak.
Into the rain, the river, Ocean.
Heart’s slow dilation.
Sunken beams of pain,
of petrified love... beyond reason.
Light tracks of salt, the tears
of trees. Sacrament
of speechless element –
elephant burials. Fallow years.
Inarticulate, dumbfounded soul.
The knowledge of the end
in each soft riverbend –
her fingerprint, on clay bowl.
Dreams gather, so. The dream.
A curly wave of sheep
threading from the deep
time-meadows. Trim trireme,
bearing a casket wrapped in fleece –
matrix of Paradise,
grail-caduceus
lifting each Jonah to release.
The air murmurs immortal Spring;
your friend is limping sweetly
by your side. The tree
of Galilee is blossoming.
1.17.17
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