Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

OCEAN SWATH

The Hawk Dining Room 11:17am

The Swath of Silver

has moved

from My Kitchen Outpost

to beyond The Dining Room

I can see It

from My Marble Table

& I can Love It

all the more

— steel streaks included —

framed within

My Arched Window

garlanded by Eliza

PULSE OF LIFE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:17pm

I sat within My Pool of Light

illuminated at My Wrist

encircled by My Silver Bright

I saw My Pulse

and so exist

HERE & NOW

The Tomato-coloured Couch 3:45pm

Long ago & far away

I was housed in a place

I did not want to be

I did not want to be

& so I was stationed

in an artificial unit

of nurses, doctors & cafeteria food

for weeks at a time

yet I have no memory of what day

or year, I got out

it doesn’t really matter

that I cannot recall

the end of that terrible time —

all that matters now

is that I am happy

& I DO want to live —

My Life is full

in This Glorious Place

THE DAYS

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:48pm

The Days go pretty fast

around here

I find My Self turning

into bed again

after a weekend day

with Hunter

rowing, eating, writing

loving My Staid Existence

I find My Self

turning into

bed

after cracking the windows

for the last balmy air

of summer

THE MOSQUITO HAWK

The Hawk Kitchen 5:50pm

I looked & I looked

at the long-legged

insect My Mother called

The Mosquito Hawk

I looked & I looked

at His Tenuous Hold

on My Kitchen Cabinet

I looked at His Squiggly Feet

hooked on the tips

enabling His Grip

I looked & I looked

at His Star-patterned

Body, if You could call

It a body —

I looked & I looked

but nothing

could I see

that would tell Me A Reason

for Why

He

held

on

SKY THOUGHT

The Hawk Deck 11:20am

The Plumage of Clouds

rides high overhead

& I become lost

in The World

of Flying Gulls

Buzzing Flies

& The Deep Recess

of Blue

LISTEN

The Hawk Deck 9:47am

I am Up

from My Depression

— that was years ago —

to drink My Coffee

on My Deck

I am robed

in Liquid Silver

& The Ocean speaks

TODAY

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:32pm

I walked across The Sky

Today

as It reflected along The Sand

at My Wet Feet

I pirouetted over Galaxies

of Shells, Kelp and Gull Droppings

until The Sea Foam

rushed around My Bare Ankles

and landed Me Ashore

I AM HERE

Barrington Passage 2:04pm

I Am Coming —

Oh My God —

I Am Coming Out —

I

Am

Your

God

I Am Here

not to tell You

what to do, or what

to Be —

I Am Here To Tell

You

We’re Fine

Just The Way

We Are

We Are Perfect

in Our Human Form

& We Are Divine

in Our Deaths

We Are The Divine

We Are All We Could Ever

Be

& We Are Loved

 

POWER OF THE PAGE

The Hawk Portico 12:15pm

There is Power in My Writing

It is not just Black

in Black’s simplicity

My Writing is All Colours

It is Alarm-bell Red for Stopping

It is Blue for Breathing

The Sky

It is Yellow for The Sun

It is Silver for Humanity

There is Power in Humanity

We are no longer

weaklings

groping Our Way

to death

We are Above death

for I have seen

The Light

of

Our Night

and I believe

We Are Eternal