12 Ix
White Crystal Wizard
Ancient Stones
Initialed
With Lichen
And Moss
Mark the Passage---
Nature sculpts
The Testament
Bequeathing Color---
Changing Hue
On Ivy, Rock
And ancient Wood---
Toadstools sit
Haphazardly and violet
In the Musk
As I wander in the Graveyard
Through an autumn Dusk.
©Kleomchele 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 at 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
After the Death of Isis
I knew that I could die no more
For All that Death did offer
I drank thereof before
Down in the Depths
With the Goddess wild
Down in the Dark
With my broken Child
I stayed with Her
I ate with Her
Consuming the Ashes
Of Death–in–Life
Until again I rose
In Beauty and in Grace
I bid farewell
To the Worst---to the Best
Death forever in me known---
Fear forever put to Rest.
©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 are too Time-consuming
For this Man
Our Culture demands
Immediate Gratification---
The Instant Fix
A Negation of Life---Death---and 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 was in
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
