By B.L. Bruce
This is language
This is a language that chose me,
not I it. And with it, I can tell you,
Here is something beautiful: the jay
shakes the dawn from the blue of its body;
the bright spine of the ridge at first light;
the clefts of the peaches deepening.
On the wind the sound of a lone coyote,
keening, calling the pack home.
***
Nightfall
Nightfall. The swallows retreat to the barn.
They say sadness is held in the hips,
anger in the mouth. These are the places
I hold you: the pit of my belly, my throat.
And the slow dances of the years,
where do we hold them? In scars that mark
the chapters of our lives, our told stories?
The bats come out in droves.
I feel the knock in my sternum
know this is the delicate cage
that holds my heart.
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Beautiful pieces! I’d like to share both of these poems in my poetry workshops. Do I have the poet’s permission? TY, Sunlight for publishing such great poems!