House Of Gold
i know much peace from under your roof,
shoulder-rubbing in the cabin close to the ash sofa.
i know much colour as much as i take a few to bless my skin;
adducing I fall from the bloodline of the goddess.
i believe in you as much as the mangrove
believes in the rain.
we have held teddy bears together to know part
of the house that mostly tickles a child.
see why i baptize you, house of gold, out of
snow-dripping heart,
what they could not name their mothers.
because uniqueness lies in what exists after the earth runs out of beauty.
soon, i will detach from your cozy arms,
but does it matter the home of a bird, falling back the bush from which she learns flight?
& i have come to this end that silhouette overshadows distance,
at the thought of you;
over and over again.