Moths

(Richard Brautigan)

My desire to hold your hand is like a marriage
between a moth and a flame.
I think about the many that have already died.

December 28, 2007

I would like to take a journey with you
through America's country music burial ground,
where musicians and their instruments
die together in perfect pitch and harmony.

I would like to take a journey with you
through a countryside filled with trees
that stand as giants on the roadside,
protecting travelers in the shadow
of their leaves.

I would like to take a journey with you
to the water's edge of presence,
where God's light meets his creatures
on the lakes of Louisiana.