Sunday, July 10, 2022

Fumes: Cosmic Toad



Gently lifted by your lungs
You land on a different road
Change undetected 
Until trees speak out loud 
Voices clear as ice cracking

Under moon boots on a pond

Wiser than any stack of bones

Solid unmoving hulks

Demanding more command 

Than coyote dogs howling

In near distant darkness

Summer leaves rustling 

So gentle gentle whispering

Of Mama Moon to Baby Saturn

Within the warm breeze

Still you arms reach out 

For your rubbing blanket 

As you sit petrified 

Beneath the trees