Ashes
love's sacrifice
remnants of a message
fertility

Air's gift to Earth



Alexandra Coates
13 May 2019

Carbon neutral
All turn
No car
but neutral

Carbon
Essence of life
and Helium's
son

10 May 2019

Sandals
tread elegantly

exit
existence

Sandals' gravity
yearns for steps
effecting eternity

Seeing life simply
existentially effervescent!

Birches' vertical
         parallels cross
                  diagonal light

At their center stands
          oak's rounder shape

a single star
          strong branches
                  radiate
                            
bending and
          bearing
                  bottles of red
  
                 and purple magic

giddy hikers'
           contributions
                  blur of white
                  
                  gold
            
uniform
           green
                  enchanting

Always
Manifest
Everywhere
Your love

Always
Understanding
Beauty
Radiates
Your love

Radiates
Always
Your love



Alexandra Coates
7 May 2019

What is it of us
that attaches to
things
to furniture?
Smiling at me, they know.

How does the medium
in a candlestick
holder
read the message
see
its absent owner?

Powerful memories
feelings
immaterially
imprinted

Mere description
of such objects
conjures
closure


Alexandra Coates

It is not
the imperfections
of an old bed
or night stand

I would miss
but the memories
or feelings

I shared with it,

that it shares
with me.


Alexandra Coates

Paint chatted
with Dream
about Hands

What colours, shades
strokes--
The rainbow
that lives in feathers?

House answered: Yes!
Dream agreed.
Hands waited,
patiently helped.


Alexandra Coates