The well
octombrie 16, 2007 by ofsummer
…
still yellow leaves in the well, in the
bellybutton of the ground.
a grey fish swimming around
above the yellow sand,
breathing day and night
among the cold walls of the well
diving up and down,
followed by a thought
floating on the yellow leaves.
I am thirsty. I am hungry. I am dirty. Fill me up.
I leave my traveling shoes
on the white brick road
and step inside
the leaves shatter like sunken fleet
beneath my feet, the fish, a golden arrow
in the sparkling sun
among my feet. a giant
I am, I fill the water, I fill the sun.
and when I step outside,
a newborn
(by me)
…
[:)poem written a few days ago.]



