1.

oh god, the tree!
oh god, the tree!
oh, god! the tree!
the light! the golden sunset.
god.

2.

long rolling mountains, the blue ridge.
long rolling river, the james.
a whisper: my beloved, james.
between the long rolling blue gray greenmountains
the long rolling blue gray clouds
and the river james:

golden sunset. golden sun.

the tree, the light.
god.

3.

the surface of her
cracks, melts, molts
falls away.
the surface i did not know was there
falls away
and the shining core of me
like the golden sunset

just
there.