Street Roots • August 18-24, 2017
Poetry
Page 13
Close Your Eyes and See
A Street Person’s
Romance
by Zaina
C lose y o u r eyes
T h e s c e n t of fre sh w et g ra ss
S e e w ith y o u r e a rs
Softly d rifts along
T h e tr e e s r u s tle as th e y sw ay
T h e b eautiful a ro m as of w ood
In th e dying lig h t of th e su n
T h e g ra s s sw ish in g along
F ro m all th e d ifferen t tre e s
I h e a r y o u r voice in th e w ind
To an d fro th e p la n ts d an ce
All th e sm ells sw irl ab o u t
Calling m e exquisitely
To th e sw o o sh of th e w ind
O n th e so ft sw ee t g e n tle flowing b re e z e
A nd in th e w aning m oon
by Maddy Brown-Clark
I se e y o u r face, y o u r eyes
C re e k s a n d S tre a m s, R ivers and T id e s
Flow w ith w h is p e r a n d ro a r
C lose y o u r eyes
T en d erly u n d re ssin g m e
T h e b ird s tw e e t an d w h istle a song
S e e rig h t th ro u g h y o u r eyelids
A nd th is love so you tell m e
As c ric k e ts c h irp an d b u g s buzz
H e a r th e n a tu ra l m u sic
To n e v e r b e alone again
No in s tru m e n t could b e a t
B u t w h e n e m o tio n s reig n
C lose y o u r eyes
F eel th e relaxing n a tu re a ro u n d
A nd ru n away w ith you
S e e by to u c h
No m ach in e could build o r grow
T h e p a th always lead s b ack to you
F e e l th e w a rm su n sh in e
S m ell th e calm ing n a tu ra l E au de B reeze
As w e k eep o th e rs w arm
T h ro u g h th e cool b r e e z e ’s blow
No p a rfu m e could m o re fra g ra n t blow
T h e n th e r e ’s silen ce
F o r you d o n ’t sp e ak
As th e g ra s s tic k les w ith its d an ce
F e e l th e cool w e t dew
O pen y o u r eyes
Yet y o u r feelings still c a re ss m e
D rip fro m leav es an d fro n d s
S ee m o re th a n e v e r befo re
T h e n I quietly leave you
R e s t o n b lad e s of g ra s s
S ee beyond th e im ages
L onging o n th e s tr e e t
E njoy th e cool b re e z y sh a d e
E yes co llect and show
U n d e r th e ru stlin g tr e e s
T h e re is so m u ch m o re to se e
T h a t eyes will n e v e r know
C lose y o u r eyes
E x p e rie n c e th e u n iv erse
S e e w ith y o u r n o se
L e t no d etail go
T ake a re fre sh in g d e e p b re a th
A nyw here can b e
T h e sw e e t fra g ra n c e of flow ers
A p e rfe c t joyful m eadow
G lid es th ro u g h th e b re e z y air
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