
I wonder if she hears the wind chiming in the night, ting-a-ling-a-ling, the silver ghostwhispers that traverse the leaves when we aren't watching. I wonder if she tastes that new front of emotion, the one that'll drown us all if we don't smile. Maybe she knows that when the birds sing, the earth gets just a little bigger because it is laughing, that somewhere, a volcano erupts because its cheeks get red. Maybe she knows that the trees talk at night about her, say, oh, I hugged her yesterday, with two of my oldest hands, ones that years had roughened but taught how to love.
I wonder if she knows that when she's counting those ripples, one-two-three, those loving arms are cut down, five-six-seven. I wonder if she knows that they never stop hugging her. They see their own reflection in the water and know that they've been put in the right place. They know that they're home.
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I am lost! It feels good to read, but I am seeing too many disconnects. Who is she? Certainly not the Oak Chair!
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in the wake of light, your words bring me more(please, do leave your fingerprints behind, so I may relish the image of our hands after you go.)