Nell Haque

The ants
that were quietly marching
at the foot of the ant hill
at night perhaps at morning
approached my place today
and there were yards of them
When the warm weather frosted
they came for a visit and stayed
which brought stress
and mess

A winter with no frost
made my annuals return
All is changing again
the landscape, the weather
Against the dark sky
the moon waning away
My sure footed steps
perhaps a hundred year rain
will sweep us all away
the shock of being shocked
will also pass away…

A duck quacking
his language
to the sky
perhaps was telling
a goose was left behind
away from the flock
a goose is failing
a goose is falling
because was weak
because was sick
perhaps shivering
perhaps too slow
was left behind
to fence alone

And down
the birds are chirping
pigeons are cooing
at their new home
around the roof
ornated edges
and water proofed
pigeons are dancing
they coo a song
blue feather pigeons
grey feathers
dark feathers
white feather too
overseeing, looking
out down below
saying goodby
to the lone goose

As the moon watches
with faded eye
down
from the distance
above

Are the ducks quacking?
Are the birds chirping?
Are the pigeons cooing?
Is the moon watching?
And celebrating
how the lone goose
down in the pond
found a sweetheart
to make a home
Rejoice the world
Blessed be the Lord

At your nearness
love explodes
in quiet surrender
so gentle, so gently

Three o’clock
at your tower
so gentle
you and I
are dissolving
as a candle
we are melting
my spine ablaze
in warmth and chills
I quiver

We can laugh away the fears
shadowed intruders
if only at them
could we laugh

They would loose
and we would gain
over all the weary doubts
if we could but only
laugh

Heal the pain
with few tears
ever, ever
laughing dear
with the heart

Love dweller
of all hearts
who lives
as well in me
has my head
full of honey
and my chest
full of bees

He is the sweet tone
of each note’s
melody
the ingredient
of each moment
that makes joy
and what am I?
I am becoming
The staff where he writes
from do to do
do re mi fa so la si do

Smiles like a spring
long eye lashes make shade
for two pools, lighted coals
at the noon of the day.
Teasing, he gave me water
and a trinket to play
a live glowing blue diamond
that became a bubble
and he jumped into it
hide and seek of my faith
I played and laughed with it

then became reflections
like mirrors
on the walls

He becomes now dissolves
as a carousel turns
sweet a merry go round
spin the head as turns
honey sweet the arrow pierces
the heart, the hands, the head
lost in the light he shines
bright that blinds me

We slide, lift, sway
lost in the light the Soul
We rock, wave
and dissolve,
I became a mirror
valley, river, plant, earth
I died to rise again

I was the hand, feet, heart
his light became my head
danced to the moon, the light
danced to the sea, the waves
we danced the here and now
in the wonder of bliss

Are you the one
who all those bells is ringing
who fills my eyes
my head, my heart,
with honey
and at each dawn
awakens me
in the sweetness
of heavenly madness

A child girl
A clear mirror
wondering eyes
born yesterday
Will be a woman
a wife a friend

What will you make
out of her
Will she be a portrait?

Someone you hate?
will she be an enemy?
will she be a mate?

Interrogated
Sex estimated
wife
kneaded into dough
amassed

Stimulated
Intimidated
made into bread
measured and weighed
Roasted and baked
unheard
Wombman.

The land was dancing
the noon’s sun played its bugle
Happy the moments hid
behind the hours
as we stayed
for a while
togethering.

I was the mouth
you were the syllable
you were the itch
I was the scratch

Afternoon’s shadows
stilled the dancing joy
and the seconds
heavy chilled
lifeless
the gathering