Red lips drink
from the fervour
of sky,
 a weary traveler,
 an overreach
of restless spine,
stiff backbone
with hairless trees
and a stolid face,
 weathered movements,
 fetching of stone,
 rigors of earth,
 cured clay,
a grayed castle in the distance
 aflame,
lighting the way.

April 23rd, 2022