THE JEWEL
There is this cave
In the air behind my body
That nobody is going to touch:
A cloister, a silence
Closing around a blossom of fire.
When I stand upright in the wind,
My bones turn to dark emeralds.
POET WRITER AUTHOR GENTLEMAN OUTSIDER
POET WRITER AUTHOR GENTLEMAN OUTSIDER
THE JEWEL
There is this cave
In the air behind my body
That nobody is going to touch:
A cloister, a silence
Closing around a blossom of fire.
When I stand upright in the wind,
My bones turn to dark emeralds.
R.M. ENGELHARDT 