The Air I Breathe

    When the pulse of days
    becomes the lilting beat
    in slow time,
    a jazz trumpet's
    full round note,
    or blurred suspension
    of blue hummingbird wings,
    then I remember ...

    you come to me
    in that refuge where
    savoring lingers.

    My spirit walks around you,
    edges touched,
    distance tested.
    I reach for warmth,
    lean to center,
    spin, flex, balance.
    Memory's distillation -
    a scent on the air.

     

    © Crane 2001


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