Saturday, April 28, 2018

Time’s Valentine

With a head full of Fritillaries
And another fifteen in the yard
Swarming the passion vine
 
I drop off my body
And leave it in the chair
Lifted into the other side of the air
 
By bright orange wings
Like an enormous courage
Interpenetrating everything
 
Even the voices of the dead
Surrounding the sacred vine
Grow quiet for a time
 
To hear those wings
Beat like a heart
Inside them once again

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