Hornby Island, B.C.

Canada

Photograph by

California Watcher

c2012 California Watcher (all rights reserved)

 

Mother

Fierce god eye

untrembled reflection

seeing all things.

Into my waiting hands

come her most glorious feathers,

cast off

after the arrow of her attention,

mottled fledgeling

learns the sky.

She can wait forever

watching the offspring.

Her other half,

Proud Arrow

across the lake,

watches her

with adoration.

for the Snoqualmie Eagles

My love lies hidden,
and the butterfly zippered in the dark
does not forget the dream

of wind,
of sailing the kite of her body,
of nothing to catch her.

Rushing

All the hours leading to dawn
punctuate into a path of the black horse
rushing into us,

I forget I ever heard the voice of God,

and want to stare into the throat
of the explosive word,

hoof beats, all things leaving,
my own heart blotting out
all of the light.