16.5.11

when planets align [as if by magic] ...



we make the journey past jilgi in the pre-dawn chill
atop granite tors 
a star filled horizon
illuminates the pacific night

twinkle
shimmer
flitter
f
        a         
                 l
                          l 

but four are steady – constant glow
they be not stars
but born of more stable substance

mars - jupiter - mercury - warriors and fighters all
venus - your singular feminine beauty legendary 

[as if by magic]
you have come together as four
and from the shore - we welcome you

slowly rises the orb that brings light to the world
and licks the land with colour and form
prismic gold
this glowing light
that gives such delight 
[as if by magic]
that an infant chortles with pure joy