Belief

[vaneramos]

Belief

Deneb blue-white supergiant
most luminous of stars
two hundred thousand bright
attenuated twenty-six thousand years
to glimpse a retina
time is distance

Niagara’s sheer dolostone
blasted by wind and ice
shelters diminutive cedars
from grazing deer raging fires careless boots
survive fourteen hundred winters
living isn’t safe

Your letter ended us
that’s what I remember
until rereading twelve months later
it demanded me to come
all up to me you said
the misinterpretation
was easier to accept

Eramosa river
half thawed between shores
running scale-like over shallow stones
reared suddenly a serpent
water god showing itself
easy as Jesus by my pillow
seeing is unbelieving

Comments

[smileyfish.livejournal.com]

Powerful

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you.