note in the margin of a book
I come here, and so often without mass or time,
Recovering my childhood's first absence from school
This is Dunstan River, and so celestial the clime
I hear water lillies breathing in the winking pool
Needlecase or lion flies, sentinels of the stream
In which a soul can see blue past the deep heaven
Let them in the schoolyard shout, I will dream
In the glow of green and light I sip the leaven
I must remember please do not fall asleep here
The tides move fast that cut against despair.
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Poem recovered from a note
Brawling schoolyard, frenzied desire
Balm of liquid green drenched
The flame; light falls wingless from trees
Deeper peace here's entrenched
Tomorrow is a girl, bright leaf
Drinking light; her lips taste -
Nectared flowers; yearning I love
Where water earth errase.
Categories:
needlecase, places, light, water, green,
Form: Rhyme