Poetry

[alchemikey]

"lord let me remember how it was
when i nudged my skin
against the touch of each new morning
and bounded through
the thick-thought forests
that stretched between dawn and noon,
when like magic my lunch was put before me.
lord let me remember how it was
when i was so new
that i thought i was part of the morning

i didn't want to sleep
for fear the world would disappear
but new days kept coming and coming.
the old ones slipped away one by one,
but were always replenished

lord let me remember how it was
when i nuzzled the air in the morning
and thought i could wiggle a distant leaf
just as i moved my own ears and toes.
i thought that i caused rain to fall
just as the tears from my own eyes
wet my cheeks.
and that my thoughts turned into clouds
that circled the top of my head"

jane roberts