relying

since you were young you've always had
a milky white Aran sweater

always inhaling the natural fragrance
of wool
your face pressed against your sweater sleeve
the taste of sea milk

the knit cables braided you together
with your early close-knit circle
of loving people

and now years later you're still
relying on the spirit of the sweater
anchoring you
in your new love circle
reaching out to the world

relying on you relying
on love and sea milk
the foam of life

you're an anchor relying
on your loved ones relying
on you relying
on this chunky fragrant pattern
of love

they'll never lose you
and you'll never lose your way
you're an anchor relying
on these special braided cables
of belonging



Vera Kelgart  (with smoky elestial crystal)  2014

muscle memory

in lucid dreaming
you come walking
across the quiet floor of waves
in your floor long
turquoise sea gown

dolphins' thought patterns
translated into fat silk
rippling wavelike off one shoulder

you remember with your bare arms
dreaming dolphins deeper
in your muscle memory
remember freedom
in your lightly curled fists

looks like solitude but isn't
it's your turquoise generosity



Vera Kelgart  (with record keeper Isis crystal)  2014