just resting there
grey clouds and beating sun
how do you stay afloat?
i have longed for you all these years
when the sun’s beating
soothed these beatings.
your expanse awes and overwhelms
my tiny brown body.
you were my first lover-
high in the pine tree
i heard no one calling me
& you never called.
just waited patiently
gentle & faithful,
you never burned me.
oh sky
yr silent presence is a balm.
i am bound to you
as no other.
© billie strain 11/24/98
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