Reemergence
Return the earth measured by her:
Dirty, musty, lovely;
Long dead, damp, and ugly.
Bones, spines, dull coral:
Prehistorically frozen,
Flash-set in stony mural.
Tears compressed in the crawl,
Save the colors for my mind to see
When I'm done with it all.
-- Copyright ©2008 by Adam Foust (2008/01/15)