You sound so beautiful
In the rhythm of your heartbreak
So regal in the words from the mouth
Of a giant trumpeted over the plains
At daybreak
The way the elephant stands
Ivory gnarled and precious
Perfect and rare
Like the words you spin from your ivory teeth
Sometimes only glinting from the
Corner of your coyote snicker
A bitter trickster
Playing the beat
And I am in awe
Expecting there to be thunder
From the pound of your feet
But you manage to muffle the
Roll of the rain clouds
So as not to scare the other animals into hiding
So we can all rejoice at the rain
Then the crack of lightning
As it strikes the temples of those
Who stick around long enough
To appreciate the burn inside
You are the regal sound of
elephant trumpet thunder
And the late night
Howl of coyote’s laughter
Knowing perfectly
That it’s your timing
That keeps all the other animals
Up at night
Aug 31, 2011
Aug 31, 2011 at 1:19 AM UTC
You sound so beautiful
In the rhythm of your heartbreak
So regal in the words from the mouth
Of a giant trumpeted over the plains
At daybreak
The way the elephant stands
Ivory gnarled and precious
Perfect and rare
Like the words you spin from your ivory teeth
Sometimes only glinting from the
Corner of your coyote snicker
A bitter trickster
Playing the beat
And I am in awe
Expecting there to be thunder
From the pound of your feet
But you manage to muffle the
Roll of the rain clouds
So as not to scare the other animals into hiding
So we can all rejoice at the rain
Then the crack of lightning
As it strikes the temples of those
Who stick around long enough
To appreciate the burn inside
You are the regal sound of
elephant trumpet thunder
And the late night
Howl of coyote’s laughter
Knowing perfectly
That it’s your timing
That keeps all the other animals
Up at night
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