it came on
breaking the sultry skies
clouds faltered and fell
from the frozen screen
the earth caught its breath
was holding it......
wind evaporated
dew drops in the burning noon.

***** of birds wings
were my heart beat
each movement
a slow dance in a white mist.

trees were dark saints
with closed eyes and their roots
in a posture so still
yet, i could hear the vibration
of the leaves.... threading the silence
beads along a long necklace.

the sound of lucid pearls
against each other  
expanded its arms wide across
over and on
and trembled
in my ear.