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A Poem for Us
by Jevin Lee Albuquerque Snow blinding eyes, far above ground staring down to earth, searching for fox prints, patterned in snow Outfoxed, winter’s cold touch, yours beneath sheets, sweet-sweaty-paws committed, ravaged, wounded Against God’s willing to love, night after night, entwined tendrils of the heart, hissing Poetic feast, Christ-missed, family hound-missed in heart shaped rhythm our pure-honey-mead Yellowstone hymns in Grizzly’s breath danger is ours, the hound who crossed rivers without looking back Tangled is memory, hearts in the chatter of rocks, creeks, bodies getting over, again and again Skinned lovers, spirit, blood, guts out there, exposed in the mountains, deep in the mountains, a set of fox prints Angel’s feet, on the horizon, sun |
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