THE CATARACT RINGS

THE CATARACT RINGS

the cataract rings 

to the rhythm of the words

bouncing         off

  the stubborn rocks

 that

dare break the rhythm 

but the spell is strong

the words in spate

will slake the lake’s

rhythm   rippling there

flowing from the rarefied headwaters 

(of the poet’s mind)

they will reach the paddling deltas

of their genre     and then

they will look to the mountains 

and read the words that soar

high on the thermals 
(of the poet’s mind)

        and they will say       look

look at the meter of the headstones

running wet with the tears 

  of an angel with a pen