Once upon a cliff
in lily scented air
I found the face of god

At eight, the universe
was green
and juicy sweet

I threw my body
in rapture
into a heaven

Of crunch and scent,
flawless communion
of yellow and pink

My falling unbound
in me the glimmer
of a ravishing joy

Which being born
in me that day,
has never died.

©  1990 J.L.Stanley



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