Yanti Creek Meditation

 

My spine is a reed

Reeds in which the wood ducks hide

 

My heart is a lily

Lilies where the marsh wren sings

 

My breath is full of light

Light across black locust blossoms

 

My life is a drop of dew

Dewdrops on a least bittern’s wing

 

 

1982

 

 

[Published in Prairie Falcon.

© 1989 by Jim Cohn.]