Sunday, March 16, 2008

friday's poem: understanding you

understanding you

the wind runs gentle
fingers through my wet hair.
hills roll into
horizon crowning mountains.
No car horns. No yelling, save for
birds animatedly discussing the day
like afterschool teens
gossiping on the subway.

so this is why you moved here.

3 comments:

chillul Who? said...

this poem had great 'topography'. it felt like the walk up the mountain to the proverbial guru:

a step, a look, another step, a wider gaze, a final step, ahah - enlightenment.

Anonymous said...

I like the comparison of the birds to gossipy teens.

Ruby K said...

CW- thanks! nice perspective on it!

general- thanks! and i thought you might.