Saturday, October 19, 2019

Once We Were Golden



   
Once we walked October woods together

               mind in mind

               in a golden depth

breathing the menthol of fall

               illumined and immortal

spider lines across our faces

               when once seemed forever


The trees gathering their shadows under them

               stood guard for the day

watching the warm-blooded pass

               infrared and brief

               in the echoes of crows


              Walking October woods

              needing nothing more

once we were gods together

              trailing heat and gossamer.