Taos soaT by Philip F De Pinto
Crewing stars
Peck in the night
The Gordian knot of one
Quetzalcoatl who cannot wake
From his ascetic flame
To bolt towards glass doors
To slide to puncture a shade
With multiplicity of beaks and talon
To thrust and parry
As it would bleed bright the shade
Enter at will or exit
The light nestling at your side
Is a fulminating sunrise
A butterfly perched on a live wire
Hence the fire in her eyes
And though a slight surge in the wire
Will ruffle her gossamer
Still the light will not wither
Too quickly into sundown
09/19/2013 Author's Note: to the light which once nestled at my side
Posted on 09/19/2013 Copyright © 2024 Philip F De Pinto
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