one day ... continued

night

blackness is

the sky in which stars
shine

deep and rich
as a bitter chocolate

as inspiring as

a box of shells
formed of salt & water
fire & ice

the shade of silence

sometimes i think blackness is:
two baskets, spilling islands
seven islands, sinking
a necklace of tongues
words, unspoken
a drum, pounded
a feast, grown cold and rotten
one egg, broken
a hatchling, falling
a dream, forgotten
a nightmare, recurring

black is everything
contracting

but my love
          my love     is     starlight
in a black universe

fishing lines

Waabigonii Giizis

© 2000 Trout &
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm