Do I evince such qualities?
a glassy harvest salvaged
from the reticence of Earth
to offer up
herself, a shining shard,
resilience of fire
and the flame, the diamond Soul
produced out of anguish and hardship,
fixed in my deviation to the gods,
aligned to be resplendence
out of love like iron melded
to the Universe. In memory,
Thou art all I have known. Thou
art, alone, the swift Wind
Whom I follow
fluid, though my strength
is as a stone
or mountain-rock.
10/18/2016
Richmond