#1: I've Carved You

Art: Christian Schloe.

I've carved you 

out of our promise tree

where we used to rest

with our fingers interlaced

and you out of the blue said

"Silvanus has granted,

our memories evergreen,"

and I saw on your face a grin

and your cheeks flushed red

on your shining brown skin.

I pray you still

see me in the leaves

fluttering to the ground,

somewhere you now live

far from this once-lively

now so bleak of a place,

far from this wilderness

where you have left me

unaccompanied.

2020, Sept 14.