Cease to be myself

Reluctantly I resign

To be someone else

Drip drip drop down dale

Rain drifts in a sideways gale

Hide in a hay bale

In the moon shadow

Trees cast long dark lines above

And reel us inward

Solid lumps of clay

Levered out of the fire pit

A giant jigsaw

I don’t need a cage

I don’t need a lock and chain

Words can keep you safe

Newly stubbled fields

Glow golden as the sun bursts

This year it still hurts

With just a hammer

Everything looks like a nail

Break us to pieces

Up and down we bounce

We’re stars of the trampoline

The daily sunset

Feet beat a tattoo

On busy carnival streets

Filled with noise and heat

Mellow meadow larks

Swoop and glide above the hay

And sing of harvest

Mars arises red

Saturn spins her many rings

Jupiter stands by