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Lighting the leaves

Posted: June 7th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Poetry | 1 Comment »

After three days the same,
Sun creeps through the forest,
Lighting the leaves,
Taller each noon.

Sun creeps through the forest
On fireproof stilts;
Taller each noon,
More jaunty in his step.

On fireproof stilts
He takes to the branches–
More jaunty in his step,
He’s gliding.

He takes to the branches–
Then, one day,
He’s gliding
Above the bright buds.

Then, one day,
Slowly bringing you,
Above the bright buds,
All the gold in the world.

Slowly bringing you,
After three days the same,
All the gold in the world
Lighting the leaves.