Not I

Who’d want to squeeze a summer breeze

Into a bottleWho’d want to

heave a winter gale

Into a closetWho in the world

would want to try

Who’d want to pin a butterfly

Onto cardWho’d want to

confine a wild horse

To one fieldWho in the world

would want to try

Who’d relinquish the mysterious majesty

Reflected in sapphire eyes

Who’d ignore the courageous heart

Steeped in Saturn’s ancient wisdom

Who’d deny the electric blue clarity

Of the crystal topaz gaze

Who’d forget rainbows at midnight

Birthdays at dawnRed roses at

lunchtimeTwilight symphonies

Who’d forgo the bolts

Of brilliant lightning it takes

To split open life’s secrets

The incandescent flames it takes to melt

The glacial exteriors

Who in the world would sacrifice that?

 

Not I