|| you happened ||

you happened

and i could

sniff the suppressed ache

of fallow land

that has sprung up

with spring

and a musky sky

and flapping flight

your words

released in me

a transparent fall
against thirst ...

you happened to me

and i knew

how flowers get their perfume

and tenderness

how sunshine colors them

how the heart

expands into a tree

where the butterfly

gets fetching colors

why the honey bees

build a honey-comb

hanging on a branch

seeing myself

in your eyes

i know

why the river flows

on and on

like time ...