Awake Poem by rich soos

in the distance you turn
hypnotized by the latitude
minutes are scraped by the
nimble fingers of shadows
restless in a reconstructed air

minimum flights
of ascending selflessness
the slope is gentle
and divulges in a flame
of sunlight

your eyes gleaming
in the soundless movements of a star
you stand savagely delicate
and glow at the perfect
distance of passion

you move counting each footstep slowly
measuring the inches allowed in a dream
our fingertips merge
your eyes light the inner spaces
of an undefined universe

from Patient Rains And Petals (1981)