today it's the koi
catching the light
as they emerge from dark water
your family, my family
at the surface of dreams
so thin, that skin
between today, and then
I go back, again
and again, I reach
for you but grasp
nothing but fog, opaque
and elusive, I wonder
how they will ever get me up
on that horse, the ranch
dry, as it always was
snakes in the sagebrush
rattling their warning
the deep bell ringing
cows coming home
home, home -- one kiss
that's all I ask
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I came over here after seeing you poem on Dave's Smorgasblog. It's lovely, very tender, with lilting, musical lines. Pretty photo, too.
Posted by: christine swint | 29 July 2009 at 05:26 PM
Sweet poetry! Love the photo as well :)
Posted by: Bobbie | 30 July 2009 at 01:16 AM
elusive and slippery - like the koi - great poem and picture of your pond!
Posted by: niki | 30 July 2009 at 05:19 PM
Another gorgeous poem. I love the line around the thin skin. Your use of line and stanza breaks is excellent here.
Posted by: Jessica | 31 July 2009 at 03:03 PM