the deer mystery

why is there more deer in the snow
or is it just that they show
brown against white

gracious graceful mobile beings
restful in your company
they don't seem to shy away
why

you're a city girl
you're not often outside the boundaries
but this slice of trees seems to be
dream forest stretching into
city fantasies

you're walking quite near
the stags does brown fawns
left to your inner city compass
with the snow's light on your right

and you're wondering
could the deer be there
could people
is a border even necessary

one step down to the forest
one step up to the city

enchanted deer running
on a flight of horizontal stairs

snow spinning
white filigree on two floors

friends
aliveness
meeting halfway on a staircase

people feeding lost fawns
deer guiding lost kids

city girl walking warm
in your one step down jacket
you're wondering



Vera Kelgart  (with gateway crystal)  2012