qualms (1996)

when the qualms are exorcised&
monsters melt, you see into the radiant night
investing my innermost groves

then your purr creates my soul
in one fell swoop& fuses
us beyond reason

toward laughter's song and patch
of tears raining for earth's scars

feeling memo fossils embedded
in art, alchemy of time water& rock,
essential as pine pipe& grace,

consciousness free


1996 portland oregon