12 Ix
White Crystal Wizard
Ancient Stones
Initialed
With Lichen
And Moss
Mark the Passage---
Nature sculpts
A Testament
Bequeathing Color---
Changing Hue
On Ivy
And ancient Wood---
Toadstools sit
Haphazardly and
violet
In the Musk
As I wander in the
Graveyard
Through an autumn Dusk.
©Kleomchele Leeds
11 Ben
Red Spectral Skywalker
We
escaped!
From
City to Desert Wilderness
We
escaped!
From
blaring Cacophony
To Silence
and Birdsong---
Sweet
Liberation---
With
Eyes clear as Glass
I
see blue Mountains---
Now
I am calm while
Tall Trees rustle
In the turquoise Dusk---
Now
I am quiet
Like
the Night.
©Kleomichele Leeds
10
Eb
Yellow
Planetary Human
Up came I from the
border Towns –
Texas towns of Wind
and Heat
Dust unto Dust
Up drove I from a
Valley of Death –
Border Patrols – screaming
Sirens –
Burly men searching
for “Wetbacks”
Crossing the Rio
Grande –
Swimming for their
Lives and Children
Braving Cold – Darkness
– Nets - Death
Cops everywhere in
those Texas Towns –
Armed and
dangerous Vigilantes
Looking to find a
Reason to kill
Small brown People
Gentle and proud
With Hope greater
than Fear –
Nothing to lose
Up drove I through
ghost Town after Town
From Palm to
Mesquite –
North came I when Night
descended
Looking for Shelter
– none to be had –
Every Lad from the
Oil Fields
With pockets full
of Cash
Filled every Space
– sold out – locked down
No Room att the Inn for
Brave brown People or me.
Kleomichele Leeds
9 Chuen
Blue Solar Monkey
Amid the glossy
Steel and engine’s Roar
I saw his Eyes point
blank –
Blue like Skies---Jay’s
Wing -- Ocean Water
In the Sun that set
as we flew north
From Warmth, carried
on a soft Wind
We sat in antiseptic
Splendor
On a Plane of Strangers---
In Time we broke the sound Barrier---
Decided that we’d
found
Too much to speak of
to let go –
“No”---suspend the
Night and Day
Escape from Pain,
seek Peace, delay
Your Flight and stay
with me---
I heard his Plea
Asking that I change
my Course
Rearrange my Night
and Day
For him
I uttered my Reply
Dared not deny
myself the Instinct
Too long held
captive, Wings clipped –
Not allowed to fly---
The Jewel of that
March Night
Shimmered with our
Heat and Light –
Our Bodies fused---
Desire keenly felt
And tightly wrapped
around us
Is this my Fate---
My Destiny
incarnate?
Bronze Strength---blue Fire
Cool green Mountain
Shade
On white hot Desert
Sand
My dear One---
My Atlanta one Night
Stand.
©Kleomichele Leeds
8 Oc
White Galactic Dog
How do I tell thee of my Love?
Are Verses sung in Tune enough
To move you beyond moving?
Shall I paint a Portrait of Affection
Reflecting deep Enchantment?
My Affection turns Affliction---
Its Weight is heavy on my Heart
Fear battles Hope
That in the Telling I will see
Acceptance---willingness
To love me in Return---
Fear locks the Gates of Love
Faith alone holds fast the Key.
©Kleomichele Leeds
7 Muluc
Red Resonant Moon
There once was a Man
Who would blow up the Moon---
Detonate Her out of the Sky
Why?
Unnaturally
The Rhythm of the Tides
The Movement of the Waters
Would cease---
Apparently
These Cycles take too muchTime
For this Man
Our Culture demands
Immediate Gratification---
The Instant Fix
A Negation of Life---Death---Rebirth---
Linear Time rules in no Time
Time out of Time with Nature
Earth out of Time---out of Touch---
Out of Tune with the Moon
There once was a Man
Who would blow up the Moon---
One wonders what composed
His Mother’s Milk!
©Kleomichele Leeds
6 Lamat
Yellow Rhythmic Star
I frequent Beauty
As my Duty and my Due---
As Honey
To the Bee---
Beauty be
But All to me.
©Kleomichele Leeds
