I speak to the jeweled creature carefully
Not knowing if my height, volume,
alien skin is frightening
Its exterior, an emerald case of ocean and wind design
A puzzling mix of purpose and randomness
As if within the pronouncements of infinite
indecipherable shapes and symbols
lies a holy skeleton key
Its glow, an act of sympathetic magic;
Captured sunlight refracted
My eye’s net pierces dimensions,
glimpses a wondered creation
On a lime coaster we move
as acolytes down reverent aisles
Together each movement calligraphy;
Quietest ruffle-resettling
I think it may fly
but all arms stay at ease
Once through the gate
we breathe soiled June and share
the prediction of our home’s demise
With blood and bread we approach an edge —
boundary between now and next —
and muse over the view together
