• in a stream

    bold exalted moon
    light strewn earth autumn bloom
    mid circle the loon
    shake the very fiber of being

    lake dire strait in evening
    looking for mate
    in the act conceiving
    morning soon

    sway into day a time for living
    watch for hawk as others stalk
    the sound of squawk fill air with feeling

    in chill grass whip in wind
    hide in murky waters take it on the skim
    float exposed glint of sun in eyes
    duck for minnow many tries
    wet roll off backs dry

    on embankment brown oak/red maple leaves
    soak rebellious rain to bleed
    end of drought that dried up all the green

    the earth sleep in streams
    quench thirst
    reclaim consciousness
    deep within a dream.