black white woman
so callous sweet
full of selfless greed
and higher aspirations
she bent and was
straight for once.
dark into light
fades to black
until dawn
she stretched with a yawn
and ran back to sleep
awake in her dream.
white lie
black truth
entangled in
her heart of stone
that runs warm.
bitter sugar
hates to love
the splintered
whole of her.
Published in The Raven Chronicles,
Summer 1999 South Sound Edition
In the shadows of the moon
I lean over him
my hand on his chest.
I hear the rising
and falling
of his breath.
I feel the rhythm of his heart
keeping time
to the passing moments of his life.
Love rises, like birds
from the silvery mirror
of the savannah
and I long for this heart
to beat forever.
Listen.
The instrument will fade
but the song is eternal.
Listen.
Smiling,
I open my hands
and let the sound of him
fly off
into
the night.
Published in The Raven Chronicles,
Summer 1999 South Sound Edition
