crouched on snag
waiting
master of patience
always requited
there is no pretense
wrinkled red head ugly
gnarled, beak a depthless ruby the color
unsnarling entrails of crystallized drying blood
snipping ligament set in a vast field
polishing bone of spiderweb turquoise
a sure, throbbing aperture
deliverance. into the final universe.
light unto darkness.
darkness unto light.
dance.
the heart, the grace shadow
of freedom.
the wondrous flight
from death.