Light & Shadow

Rest you by this various planet
or lounge in the sky lounge
be my guest I'll take you there
& introduce you around & show
you the sky ropes & the
city maps and the world as
flat as a map and the world
as round as a lively face
with head & atmosphere
and the sky as breath and the river
as chant and the sun as aria
aria for breathing and for loving
aria for the dancing light & shadow
light & shadow upon the dancing globe
light & shadow on the child's arms
in a park under trees & towers,
light on the fresh canvas, the painter
on the roof of West 2Ist Street
under thoughtful shadow,
shadow on spoons in the metal drawer
the zebra plant yearning for light
light for the eyes of Beethoven, shadow
inside the piano, mellow now violent
shadow out of the piano, power in the
light of the rain, sweet strings of light,
shadow under my desk, big black boots in winter,
light through friendly words
on shadowy telephone wires,
light in health & shadow in health,
illuminate moon rocks! knowledge from shadow,
light from darkest handwriting, print as light
and white paper, shadow