when the moon kisses venus in capricorn

somewhere south of here

i became meadowlark'd
solitary sentinel perched on dawn's break
green grass

milo

cornsilk call
vastness unfolding
fog fills the frame tight
yellow-gray worshipper of sun's might
feathered flight

somewhere east of here

i became yours
tempered by time's cloud ponies
stars & blue snow line our scars
purple the bruise--fragile the thread
cradling regret to the end of the line
rising electric to golden wild thyme
we harvest the cost--we weigh the crime

somewhere west of here

i became water
polished aqua-sea-glass smooth
smelling of pearls

dust 

salt
tethered to the wind
upon tides high crest i climb
finding my way by polaris' shine
landing upon winter's shore intact & divine

somewhere north of here

i found me
of meadowlark feathered bravery
of love--replete with cracks of pocked light gleaming
of water opalescent mercury seeming
to journey the bridled heart thru trails hardness
breadcrumbed by darkness
Ah, what bliss this sharpness!