Minutes Drip
Minutes Drip
Minutes drip,as dew drops slip
and cast themselves as errant ships,
upon the breezy breezes blown.
Four corners globe must be their home.
For what their altrue purpose be,
if not to satisfy the tree,
but slip their morning mooring strings
and think themselves of selfish things?
And hours: blocks of granite tears
make up the twisted twisting years.
They make no bones but laugh out loud
and play the fool for foolish crowds.
And what they be unto the tree,
but tethers tethered mercilessly.
They bend or brake the faithful sprout
and crowd the nurtured rootlings out.
Uproot and move! Thy faithful sigh.
Let not a minute pass you by
but whet thy leaves; a sharpened pick
and strike the moment to the quick.
Poured out upon the granite hour
and fix the moment of the flower
that blooms upon this craggy sea,
this autumn's colored hopes for me.