inside her bones

photo by S. Auberle

from above and across

those high and windy plains

then through waves of grains

and flashing amber

proceed-with-caution light

past rivers' run and sandhills' flight

to flowered path

on great lake's shore

more home of heart

than known before

more right the place

inside her bones

more right the stones and sky

more pleased her eye

with softer light

and rested

after wave-lapped night

she's rested

after wave-lapped night

- ralph murre