Poem Fifteen: Maps

Poem 15: Notes

The earth, a deer 

running for her mate.

Darkness is a ghost 

memorizing scripture.

Pink sakura blossoms

swept across the page.

The difference between wanting 

and love perhaps is what you give.

The heart, a red carnation

placed in the lapel.

A wolf flocking shadows

across the page.

The author writes us in black lines 

across the page, across rivers and fields.

The way maps are drawn

of the old world.