Saturday, December 27, 2014

Rio Grande





"The River"


Cottonwood leaves floating

golden coins
make a treasure

wet salt grass
leaf mold perfume banks

oxidized shapes 
undulate

gun metal gray
beneath silvered surface

crystal lace frames her

one who travels
a lady on a journey

golden cloak
upon her back

she is free
singing 

I crossed the 

Rio Grande
last night

her real name
kept secret

with a solitary note

an Owl 
marked

my 
passage.

-Fin-

DS Baker