Monthly Archives: March 2023

1.

Thrum upon the roof,

the creek stretches loudly now,

rain streams day and night

from heaven’s dark skies—

a decade of dreams and prayers

descend upon us.

2.

Our totems come and go to rest

before our eyes, eagles and herons

inspect our souls without asking,

families of quail titter at our feet,

antlers tilt to consider our hunger

in places we mark in our memories.

3.

She doesn’t care, has no compassion

for our self-indulgence, shapes her track

of least resistance embracing landscapes,

rearranging the gravity of facts

we must endure when she leaves us

with fresh metaphors into the future.