omens
 
 

There are omens on the wings of butterflies
Moths with rainbow backs in doorways
Who blink signs & signals
In vague dreams.
I dream books and questions
In the trembling night,
Watch the Moon for shadows
Like tea leaves.

Knowledge.
Sense.
Understanding.
These are what we crave.
We invent the gods,
Those exclamations,
To root ourselves to Aerth.
The tea leaves cleanse doubt
The cards are maps.
Only the Moon remains
What She is,
Unfathomable.
 
 

 

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This page and its contents (unless otherwise noted) are copyright 1999 by Ginger-lyn Summer.  "Omens" originally copyright 1991 by Ginger-lyn Summer.