Notes of Sea and Sky

Kukutali Preserve, near La Conner, WA
by Cora Thomas and Adam Lafayette
C = Cora      A = Adam 
 
C           A swan of clouds stretch across the sun-streaked sky                               
A           Madrona blossoms crest and brim pebble and barnacle
C           Blackberry flowers and dips in the shadows
A           Is it the weight of light or darkness that holds us against the moss?
C           The cry of the eagle comes first and then wings of wind
A           Lost in the salal the roots strangle the spring
C           Worms rise with the sun and settle to the bumbles of bees
A           Lament, gulls scowl the horns of trembling tides
C           Do you live behind the fingernail moon?
C           White as clouds like your hair turned streaked and scattered the sky
A           From the shipwreck of sound the bard builds the isle, destroys his instrument, and worships the silence
C           Lupine on the shores of salt, dreams of alpine whispers
A           Clams pipe at my footsteps