songs for keeping the watch: night 05

there will be joy again. through a deep sea (vellum, vela) to you i come.
paper fleets. i send a skiff. skittish & brisk, kittenish, tracing

a route. a kiss. hands out in the wake, in the clap and cling of wet
salt: there will be sun, yes, but also wind, & no longer a frightening

stretch of calm water on the world's edge. for lo i am with you & a trail
of words skipping out will lead you. (i myself haul back and grasp.) the

rings of many smooth stones launch & elliptical, surface tension tattoo
and rhythm. o percussive. o heart, harmonic series of ventricle & aorta

our armory/harmony. through summer's rain &heat i will stitch peak to peak,
a patterned flag for the satellites. meteorite. in a shower of sparks,

hammered silver & steel, anchorchain. position acquired: here i will wait.