Kit Kelen # 112 - before a hat's required

112

before a hat's required

sometimes a first thing sun

will catch at the mist a ridge holds high

then you see trees outlined

well beyond the eyes' reach

like a little truth that's come to you

without your having had to call

it isn't a practised thing

not like a fence

in its years that are barbed

and concerted with lichen

quiver of arrows

all for the earth's heart

but blunt and blunter

each day

let it be wooded

time will allow

mist and sun

and ridge to light