Mirror this world. Sea,

pond, stream. One tear

in a blue eye. Indigo

bunting breast. A saint's

silk sheath. Shadow 

at dawn.

 

You, the living. Among

leaves and coins. Insatiable

 

stars. A puzzle off the wall.

Near your center:

thrummed with red.

A fist. A circle. An

apple, sweet to core.

 

Dark boy. You,

the living.

Rising.