the mosquitos spread
my blood in the forest.
with every berry i pick and
every bite, the tissue of the forest
is stitched to my body.
fingers delicate
when ell and spoke
dance around each other
like two butterflies,
and the thumb
abandons domination, sinks
back into the heart.
tenderness – the infinite
bends almost unnoticed and
you are in its hand.
earth takes me in
in broad daylight.
the berries, tiny night blue
spheres, sift through
the summer day,
inverted starry sky.
they gather me in
while i squat, forever
birthing timelessness.
bird’s song so fresh
as if the bird
had just flown
out of a dewdrop.
poem from the book ‘startling twist’