(1)
DETACHMENT
yellow flower
close to the ground
detaches
breathless
butterfly wings
flutter off
my yearning
for certainty
of petal or wing
and applause
(2)
DIANE WITH A CAT IN HER ARMS IN THE SHADOW
You might want to know how tall she was,
or what color her hair or the cat’s fur—
just tall enough and of such colors
that something like the edge of a flame
leapt over my heart and stayed for a moment.
Then she turned around and walked upstairs
and ever since the world has felt a little brighter.
(3)
courage
Crippled by rules
I want to deepen
my unkempt roots.
(4)
EARLY GOD
There was a god, an early god,
who was bored with paradise
and got banished,
but apparently not far enough.
(5)
FOUND
where words catch
their breath
come then invent
a language made of humming
bird wings
pine needles ticking
at your feet
in gentle wind the sea
anemone obey the water
starfish plump orange
and purple cling to rock
and life on
all sides of silence
fragrant rock in summer
sun carries eternity
with effortless caress
and amber wind barely
distinguished from touch
come and inhale the sky
the full moon later
marbled with storm
everything ancient
suddenly comes
into substance yes
there you are love
in the corner of a sunset
in the freckles of a stone
Copyright © Beate Sigriddaughter 2017
Beate Sigriddaughter, www.sigriddaughter.com, lives and write in Silver City, New Mexico (Land of Enchantment), USA.
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