The Calculus of Emotions
The calculus of emotions begins with the moon.
The nature of time
in intervals and intimacies of touch
is linked to motion.
I believe that the lunar curve holds the secret,
that the mystery is as it must be,
in the configurations of plants as they grow,
in the textures and colors of skins brought together,
in the spike of a shooting star.
The evolution of how we will be
is an outcome that always happens
in the darkness of the night,
and our feelings hold the promise of the future,
whenever we reflect.
I wonder if the matter of love
can be grounded earthward
in the rhythms that pulse through us
when we are ready to speed,
in tune with illuminations and phases in the sky?
Here the formulas and solutions are uncertain.
And I believe that we are designed to move
across great distances,
that there is a process
where we reveal ourselves in dreams.
That truth is still there, after all these years,
holding firm as a planet in an orbit,
perennial and absolute.
(from High Country Solitudes, 1997)