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