Darklight
to R.
Flower-of-burning
hidden hidden
I caught sight of
in the darklight
of an Earthfield
still and circling
on my journey
through a starway
flower-of-burning
that toward me
turned a red warmth
let its petals
open open
at whose laughter
at whose weeping
I was weeping
I was laughing
on my journey
in the darklight
in the circling
of a frozen
planet’s starway
flower-of-burning
in whose sheerness
in whose aura
night and day both
shone and vanished
in amazement
I discovered
on my journey
a new journey
in your deep eyes
in your mind’s flame
in the darklight
of our going
flower-of-burning
in an Earthfield
still and circling
where did I go
what have I done
what is this storm
deathwind darkcrash
chaoscosmos
flower-of-burning
of torn petals
shaken shaken
stem uprooted
fibres scattering
in what absence
will I roam now
to what blind sky
who will I be
circle near me
ever-laughing
ever-weeping
turn toward me
still a red warmth
till a fire-song
of two voices
stay and travel
on a journey
past the great stars