Meditation on a found object
In my palm lies a single
Strand of your long hair.
While palmists may predict
hoary futures from these lines.
I merely use this gathered relic To remember the gold of day lilies, Of rain trees, the gold Of a straying sunbeam that pierces
The summer rain I walk into,
remembering and singing about love,
Life's sole desire and fulfillment.
And someday it too shall cry out to you:
"Rapunzel, Fair Rapunzel, Let down your golden hair." Let it down, let it all down A spiral staircase for the Prince To come in, to come into you.
My Poems
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