HEART THREAD 151 & 152

151.

Anchor lights the masts are gone now

blue collisions in this fog

a master of humility aquifer unsalt
me

cleanse me of all matters till I am
matter alone

much so much to ask an alchemist

chewing roses the taste is late to
flower

then from every taste you’re in the
sudden garden

Gan Eden where the atmosphere stands
guard

our other planet we are programmed to
forget

each one of these must be at least a
stone

how they look beneath an inch of
clear water

how they look when you see me in her
dream.

152.

Time a shadow cast by heavenly event

name me in your sleep

for when I sleep it is a fierce and
silent place

I don’t know how to touch you there

and then the birds are slow to sing
at dawn

birth cry of a lone old man hoarse
mourning dove

I move my head the face in the mirror
doesn’t move

at night she can’t escape the color
of her dress

it makes the sun keep rising
everywhere she goes

I dare you not to look at me I am a
mirror

I wear glass wherever I go no wonder
you’re silent

not even the morning has so much to
say.

ROBERT
KELLY