Poem One: Revisit

Poem One: Revisit

The earth shakes her memories 

into the shapes of falling flowers:

folded wing of chrysanthemum-

hooded iris unfurl.

The dark universe 

we open

and close, the burn

of wildflowers

the glacier melt. We are 

the black ribboned song 

of Orpheus descending, 

the ascent all depends 

on how you hear it.