Gravel
 
 I catch the flight of butterflies through a sea of gravel.  I catch summer 
 as it is singing on its saffron-hued rock.  Rock flight through saffron 
 saffron caught singing. 
I lay my instrument down without knowing why.  I trace shadows that refuse 
 to merge with the arc of the sun.  The mysteries we lightly find, lay. 
I whisper beside you, Last night I saw a flight- .  I take heart from 
 sentient, unconscious joys.  No sentiment from shadow passing.  
[Originally published in the October/November 2003 issue of Boston Review]

