suddenly
Steps out of the house, into the street
Clutching for comfort in the failing heat
Arm hair on end, the sun nearly set
The smell of warm concrete getting wet

In a moment
In a moment everything always is
I am learning: I have always known this.

One wave on-coming as its sibling recedes
Feels the effects of the tiniest deeds
Crashing a castle to the ocean floor
Changes the weather on a distant shore.

In a moment
In a moment everything always is
I am learning: I have always known this.

Suddenly the leaves are turned
Suddenly the lesson's learned
The completeness of eternity
Passes by me suddenly
A perfect, precious moment when
Moves closer toward Never Again
And the leaves are turned as a lesson
Suddenly

Angel, Mother, Earth and Leaves
Beauty, Distance, Sky and Sea
We breathe the same air, you and I
Angel, Mother, Earth and Sky
Floating in the atmosphere
Falling like a single fear
Whispered words the winds allow:
Forever I love you
and miss you now.

I miss you now.
2006-03-27
-Stork
As a lesson, Suddenly