Transcript of The Brilliance

forget the outer air

that gathered as horses tread light,

lost to vanished ships,

all heart cast off as blossom fallen,

stammering voices lift over clearing

to an eagles satisfied self,

down in the orchards,

bird ghosts eat berries,

with wisdom and wildflower alchemy

she who has cold tears

and heart louder than thunder,

faced of washed stone

spoke with a low voice,

words lifted pain excising with precision

poison extracted no gauze to cover,

his tremors would be related in long

writing of a notebook,

where his heartfelts are mentioned in

great detail,

no crimson match could set it on fire,

only if she abandoned him

but first he was cleansed,

washing away remnants in rolling brook

her teeth showed on each shoulder,

memory thick as ink

went past the length of what tomorrow

would bring,

this would be written well,

loin and flank had ripeness of sacrifice,

hues of the soul

left him as a scattered person

for her to pick up from the rug of the

earth,

in that methodical way,

complete again would be left there

automatic and ageless,

a life for her to own

and to kiss as if of steel.