Glitter And Glide (Tanka)
Pearl escape mollusc
of the wild sheds its glitter
sensual magma
crystals glide over vitric
tuff, caressing sunken bank
Pearl escape mollusc
of the wild sheds its glitter
sensual magma
crystals glide over vitric
tuff, caressing sunken bank
Ten years ago I saw you on a beach
Beneath the empty sky, a silhouette
Of sun and sand, a dream within my reach
Beside a patch of dawn-lit grass still wet.
But in the great wide distance lies a dream
Mixed in with siren sounds that echo still,
A vow that’s found in clouds that rise from steam,
Like birds set free who sing beyond a hill.