‘Musings On The Close Of Day’, posted for d’versepoets.com

 

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Musings On The Close Of Day

I move my chair

to observe Mt. Fuji-

monstrous  perfection

topped with the cooling crust

of spring snows.

–

Languid movement

of a branch,

like a geisha

unfurling her arm

from a gray kimono,

makes petals fall,

a scented, pink snow

covering my upturned face

with careless kisses.

–

Timid winds caress

my limbs,

a fleeting relief

to tired bones

brittle now with

a sullen defeat of life.

–

Raked sand of garden

waves barely disturbed

by feet like two gray stones

as grains  flow

round ankles.

–

I realize once again

I am no obstacle to

the sands of time.

My heart goes quiet

by the passage of nothing

for in this nothing

is revealed the fullness of life.

–

Jane Kohut-Bartels,

copyrighted, 2011

from A Seasoning of Lust, published by Lulu.com, 2009

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