Happy 15th Birthday, Micah!

Elemental Phoenix

Ruler of the Scranamals

Look in the sky
it is a rare sighting of the
Elemental Phoenix

He flies around the sky with
magic wings
He searches around a forest
with his powers

He loves to play with squirrels

At the end of the day
he takes a nap or two
and does it all over again

Micah Bernard

(Age 10)

Here's to the celebration of the olfactory and the circular nature of memory and desire ~

Oracle of flame

How many lives

Echo within

The coiled histories

of

One

Rose

~ ~

At the lip of amber

Wet ink

Pools within the

Circular architecture

Of memory

Becoming

Aqueous

~ ~

Oval-Eye

Rosette of protection

House

The private

And resinous

Library of the soul

~ ~

After years

At sea

Arriving

On land

Touch me…

Almost

~ ~

To look back

One last time

Desire and memory

Ask us

To trust

Without knowing

~ ~

Quivering 

Leaf to leaf

Gather the

"Immeasurable endurance"

Of

Desire

Elizabeth Salper

This poetic concoction was inspired by a La Curie perfume

Artisan perfume ~ Tucson, Arizona

"Immeasurable endurance" from the poem The Roses XXVI

by Rainer Maria Rilke