Orphic

 Painted leaves blowing as tiny queen stars 

twinkling with every brush of a breeze swelling in waves

first small and barely lapping the branches.

Rippling down to the base of swollen trunks,

sapling bends as a mast of a ship

slowly.

Clear turquoise sky, solid, hurts your eyes while looking too long.

flat, matte.

An arcrylic colored sky, painted across a night time canvas

Smell of rain touched mud, wet grass, musty wood

gasoline, dry pine smoke.

Robin my only companion, tending to a hidden nest 

beneath the balcony rafters. Back and forth, side to side

gathering twigs and sticks.

Buzzing of honeybees pollinating yellow wildflowers.

Primal, insect lovemaking, rubbing bodies between pollen-laced petals.

disappearing playmates into the tall grass.

A little, finding enjoyment in the random scattering

of rocks and pebbles.

Now grimy hands savoring the many textures of wild.

Yellow sun, hot and sweaty, intoxicating thrumming

Ba-boom, ba-boom of the steady heartbeat

laboring under the blistering rays.