In absence of blackbirds I give you
a diamond-studded sky.
In absence of heat, let there be
a window. Let it be lacquered
with the slow dust of our bodies
settling the sill. In absence of
our bodies, let there be a skein
of geese arrowing past. I give
you the veins of dead vines
festooning the frame. I give
placidity in certain places,
holy with our breath. Let me
smell the once clover-rich field
where we once dwelt, sugared and thick.
From: https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2018/march/two-poems-oliver-de-la-paz
Date: 2018
By: Oliver de la Paz (1972- )
From Troubles of The World 