Thursday, July 12, 2012

As/Like Part of an Answer

They discussed naming the stars as
The day would gently carry them to the edge of the lake
They made bonds inside fists full of fire

Their tongues were as light as feathers
Dahlias spilling blood for the poet's pen
They stitched the quiet forest of forever into a bomb
Their very own atomic reaction

Their words rose like bubbles in lakes the color of tea
Nothing was the same now that dissolving fingertips
Reached up and out towards the sky

Beside them were glasses for seeing through the light of the sun
Resting intentional arcs
Spelling the part of an answer she was trying to remember