Alhambra
light
trickles where let
and
shade flows
everywhere
the eye delights
ripple
of shadow
from
a still pool cast
I
have coaxed a cloud here
love
as through gates gathered
here
to be in the garden
the
red house
has
a climate for stars
for
sauntering moonlight
we
sit on cold stone
in
the garden
stairs
are water running
a
mind here for infinity
that
is where love grows
how
the soil says
one
voice lies under another
shade,
light etched
each
in other
each
surface is
a
handmade circuit
each
arabesque a journey lost
follow
and the eye is mazed
thought
is a garden
and
stairs to the night
all
surrender in this place
a
bell tolls
in
the muezzin's call
a
clash of swords
surrender
here
black
roses for heaven
through
the gate of pomegranates
in
the place of the cistern
under
the tower of wine
my
love has come with me
snow
has blossomed beyond
high
on the peaks
the
nightingale among all fountains
in
the court of the lions
careless
gazelles
damask
time
here discomposed
light
trickles where let
shade
flows
ripples
of shadows
cast
from a still pool
can
you pick apart this blue?
here
in the garden
I
wait
we
are waiting
all
of us surrender
I love this - particularly lines 6 - 11.
ReplyDeleteI really relate the idea of coaxing clouds...
ReplyDeleteyes but once yv lured them along, what's to do with them?
ReplyDeletethat's the trick
Very fine, Kit. Coaxing clouds is a clash of swords.
ReplyDeleteI would really like to hear you read this aloud.