ALL: Poem of Sustenance
This is the poem that stands in the moonlight singing, that rises from sleep because in darkness stars are seen, because in darkness you see what you will and in darkness you dream. And when fear washes you away and the moon is a cold light vanishing, this is the poem that swims among the coral casting its net for the small yellow fish or the stars.
This is the poem that stands
in the moonlight singing,
that rises from sleep
because in darkness stars
are seen, because in darkness
you see what you will
and in darkness you dream.
And when fear washes
you away and the moon
is a cold light vanishing,
this is the poem that swims
among the coral casting
its net for the small
yellow fish or the stars.
Sheila Bender, Copyright 2001