Perfection in peace

Red-breasted bird sits
Still as stone, on stone near lake,
And stares. Red, blue, grey.

Sky seeking green trees
Reach into low mist serene
To where truth may be.

Grey cliffs cringe before
Lightning, and thunder shakes stones
That slither in rain.

Hot sun tries to melt
Stones that glare skeletal white
Against golden sand.

Cat slithers in morning
Dew bespattering the earth
Brown and damp below.

Beyond moon's cold gleam
Stars prick the dark secrets of
The Universal.

Baby cries far off
Mother hears and mother fears
-Arms enfolding love.

Old man grimaces
In knifing cold of keen frost
And still breathes soft clouds.

Willow branches dip
To sip water near the stream
But still fail to touch.

Girl enfolds boy's love,
Boy catches her sweet perfume
He is trapped in love.

Fish sparkles on line
And hook, wriggling silver flash
Scattering diamonds.


(c) SER 2000