Second missive
My silver Ying dog slips his bejeweled collar, tugs free of leash
Romps ever bound tumultuously over rough-hewn fence
Happenstance that mongrel is fleeing after golden tawny Yang cat,
Alas, this balance, of my earth, has it tipped upon its very axis?
How can a fool such as I have been balance destinies scales?
Rustling plumage, a flurry of breezes has beneath ebony wing tips bestowed
a sudden magic.
Alas, as hemp wrought bracelet slips from my delicate wrist, destiny circlet,
how destiny entwined its soft folds, the etching and ebbing of life's tell tale patterns, mysteries untold,
In time, patterns in time, woven loosely, tightly, they define, a manifest moment in time,
Gargled, caw, caw, noises rocks a trees foliage laden branches, low to the sacred ground,
Brother crow, guffaws his laughter, mingled with mine.
In his feathered throat he brews a cacophony of earth's news
A Stream beckons, it's ripples timeless, immortal are these tempestuous thoughts, in the air soft Grey wings,
Egret tests her velvety primaries, secondary's and Tertiary's,
Soft silky feathers Test again the air, then ignites a reflection of suns rays upon a silken rose petals leaves faire,
and stays subtle as the day as she gathers her taffeta petticoats of prairie
grasses in from a swift rain..,
At eve'nin' time, moon beams now settle in for an encounter,
Brush, touch a whisper, to my tear stained face, then a fleeing glimpse of the forest tapestry
Frightened in the still soft night, a forest babe alights,
from it's haven in the brush's soft light,
Wind chimes, a sensuous symphony delights..,
Cool sapphire waters, the taste, how it lingers in my soul,
Springtime's moisture, spoken words, now mere echoes, memories of old,
Leaves form a cradle, fall leaves form a chickadees bed,
Falling softly in forest's slumber, somber brown, and red;
Hush; sleep, my cubling, downy dreams of days gone, fragile images fail,
awaken at Twilight, softly nightingale she calls, alighted upon a weathered fence rail,
Haunting, beckons her song, how sweet though tragic it's tale
Such Tales she trills from her feathered throat, tales of Geisha girl pale, and Warrior gone, on wind's Song,
The tears of a Dragon slip slowly down his turquoise scales.
an excerpt from night reading unrivaled, A flourish of the feather plumed hat
Adeau