Ethereal, fleeting, incandescent
I grasp loosely at the airiness
So vibrant on the escarpment
X-rays pass through bone and flesh
Leaving no mark
I hold emptiness
Where are the diamonds?
Filling my fingertips?
Brushing my lips?
Tickling my tongue?
Lingering within my heart?
Eternity breaks open
Inverting itself within dark holes
Moons, planets and stars swirl
My amazement blazes anew
When the jewels reappear
Woodland sprites alive on the bark
Knifing through the trees
Frolicking on the ground
Dancing amongst the foliage
Daring me to catch them
Clay vessel opens
Alas, it is a porous jug
Absorbing but not containing
The warmth of a brief embrace
My skeleton’s soulful journey
Light twinkles
Passes through
Leaving no pathway
Psyche refuses defeat
What has been will reappear
Eyes to see the invisible
Kathleen D Kroll
March 19, 2016
Inspired by light in Yosemite National Park
Fruit fully ripened
Like browned bodies
Squirming, bumping, wiggling
Vacuuming the meaty softness from its shell
Tongues licking the peel
Juices running
Like nectar over mouth
Over chin
Juices running
Beading and dripping like translucent pearls
Juices running
Streaking eager faces smudged with dust
Still savoring the goodness
A hand wipes
The sticky residue into crumpled grasses
Other limbs slowly press forward
Reluctantly, they release this shimmering moment
Its sweetness
So brilliantly alive under the sun’s blazes
Passes into nothingness
Becoming but a trace memory
Kathy Kroll
October 21, 2015
Big Sister,
Little Brother
Big sister
Little brother
At play
First day
Of school
She takes
His hand
Shows him
The way
From home
Big sister
Little brother
Grows up
Passes away
He takes
Her hand
Shows her
The way
To home
Dedicated to
James C Kroll
May 3, 1946 - Jan 28, 2016
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