What I Know

Written in 2011

With you I have learned
The complicated story of rocks
The longing held in their quartz crystals
How they sparkle as light on water
The way clouds capture secrets
In purple margins of sky
And nature elopes time and again
On rivers that
Fill the spring rose
Their marriage held
In sacred counterpoint
With you I have learned
To watch the earth’s soul
Vibrating to the sound of nature rapping
In the sunlight of tree bark,
While we stand vigil
Mesmerized on the ledge of time
Open the door for one another and
Step into the day
Ready for what nature brings
Each day a union
With violence, reconciliation,
And deliverance

Published May 31, 2013