On the Road Again

IT DAWNED ON US ON A SUMMER MORN

inspired by Shusli and Rumi

for Shusli


I imagine we are one,
like a blessing,
an internal kiss,
I smile.

Together we share the road
watch the beauty of the dawn
purple in my rearview mirror

fog waking lazily
over green grassy fields
spreading itself through
the trunks and branches
of oaks
weaving through random
berry patches.

The sky stretches
pink and red
on the horizon
over the silohuettes of hills
born so long ago
from fire, ash, and earth.

The world stretches and awakens
and I feel you in my soul
a kiss
a blessing
as we watch the world awaken
to another day of us.



THINGS TO DO WHEN WALKING DOWN I-5

Hit a plastic soda bottle with a stick.
long brown coat
long brown stick
long brown man
amongst long browning stretches
of grass
during a long brown stretch
of day