The fire of knowing you

pulled up from the earth where you knew me in the clay

where soul friends played double dutch

pulled tarot

unwound wishes in diaries with gold locks

this day in minutes told

around the corner from the moon

newness

a new year

coming from the west to the west

upended in that time you wanted to travel to the desert

unravel the mystery of the missing piece of your

wait, was that a s’more over there?

the monkey takes your mallow on a stick

it’s charred in the fire

like a phoenix baby, you pull off the blackened coat

revealing that goopy center

now take it slowly and watch the caramel

those are your wishes

impetuous

burnt

sealed by your ancestors

calling you home

walk the path they found too rocky

strap on your boots

pull from the strength of your thighs

reach up and set your desires on fire

then hold them between squares of chocolate

melting

and shield them one more time

graham sentinels

until you take a bite of this life

savor the memory of your choosing

sit in the minute of the now

close your eyes, inhale and look up

it’s the moon

she will keep your promises

just wish

ready, one, two and

the embers are still burning

lighted by green brown blue

spring, earth, ocean

trust me, this time you’ll fly