I'll let you go

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                           let you fall down,
                                                                                       the slow arc

 

 

 

                                 the pendulum starting
                               but breaking at the hinge

 

 

 

 

                                        continuing


 

 

                                                                          arc into rotation





                                                                                                                           free





 

                                                                         as a falling windmill







                                     and landing,


 

into soft gray ash





like feathers, tossing

upward in the intrusion
without making a sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(on the moon)

 

date unknown,
probably late Winter/Spring 2014


"Calm Me Down"