A Heavy Net Poem by L.B. Temuco

I think I see you
behind me, distant
against the thin scar
of the horizon
the withdrawal of years
In the sound of the yellow clock
I hear you
It chimes like the settling of dark birds
on the crusty bough of an ancient tree
The world seeks my deep spoor
it snares me in the wind
We share the same net, you and I
my eyes hard like bone
but you, my love, gaze at the world
with melted fires in your eyes
your silver scales
wings leaving an ocean