The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:46am
along The Grey Horizon
I see a single streak
of Silver
behind Our Neighbour’s
leafless tree
with the gradual motion
of linear clouds
My Line gets washed away
then reforms
to complete
My Fullest View
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:21am
I See Silver
On The Ocean
‘neath An Opalescent Sky
One Fishing Boat
Sits Along The Horizon
A Gull & Crow
& Smaller Fry
Fly By
& By
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:40am
The Sun is Silver
again on The Water
I see It Teal Green
when I blink
I steal It through
My Eyes
& Mind
& harbour It
beside Me
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:25am
I see The Sphere
of The Sun
behind a watery Sky
luminescent behind
the foggy clouds
decking My Horizon
with Silver Grey
& Silver Wash
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:56am
A bank of silvery clouds
is broken at the horizon
with a band of light
above the ocean
Today is The Day
I see My Children
together as a pair
grown & out there
leading Their Own Lives
The Hawk Kitchen 8:13pm
I have A Magic Pendant
It is Black & White
I wear It always around My Neck
to let It clarify My Sight
My Brother had One
made of Silver
It was Our Mother’s
Oh How He Loved Her!
He dangled Its chain
& let It swing
to answer Yes one way
or No the other
He saw His Way
out of any dilemma
& told His Fortune
to His Gods
He struck a deal
with His Death
that He would be remembered
as a Man of Steel
safely stowed
in The Land of Nod
The Hawk Outpost 8:05am
I stand in a beam
of Silver Light
thinking of My Children
My Sole Delight?
I seem to see Them
in My Mind
as if I have Them
for All Time
The Hawk Kitchen 8:26am
The ocean is a sea
of liquid Silver
The Sky is adrift
with opal cloud
My Son comes home
after two years away
and I am awash
in gratitude
Joanna Gilman Hyde 