Babushka Brahma
© September 22, 2020, Roy Stucky
For Diane Wahto
Grey lady wakes
But the dream remains
Brighter than any mistakes untamed
To rise and go at it again
Poems for friends
With hearts at war
That never ends with eyes
Turning to the door beyond the page
Until the swollen phrases and empty frame
Pull
Us
Apart
Babushka Brahma leave the nest
To the next to tease
Out verse to tease
Out sight to tease
Out life that teases us
With shadowed glimpses and tears
To the next to bear the legacy
Of a million words
Friend! Whence now your humor?
Friend! Enduring sprite whose
Light now lights
The far side of the moon
A conversation we'll not resume
Until I join your pondering of the stars
On the far side of this occulting moon
See you soon
© September 22, 2020, Roy Stucky
For Diane Wahto
Grey lady wakes
But the dream remains
Brighter than any mistakes untamed
To rise and go at it again
Poems for friends
With hearts at war
That never ends with eyes
Turning to the door beyond the page
Until the swollen phrases and empty frame
Pull
Us
Apart
Babushka Brahma leave the nest
To the next to tease
Out verse to tease
Out sight to tease
Out life that teases us
With shadowed glimpses and tears
To the next to bear the legacy
Of a million words
Friend! Whence now your humor?
Friend! Enduring sprite whose
Light now lights
The far side of the moon
A conversation we'll not resume
Until I join your pondering of the stars
On the far side of this occulting moon
See you soon