The Hawk Deck 8:02am
I slept last night
a proper eight hours
for the first time
since getting hit between the eyes
by The Divine Perfection
of My Double Rainbow
@ 6:00am on June 15th —
sublimity enabled Me to go
off that abject medication —
now My Existence
rings as True
as The Call of The Cow Bird
preening Himself
against My Car Mirror
as free as The Rooster’s Laugh
as assured as The Surge
of The Sea
Down On The Hawk Beach 4:15pm
I am sitting beside a rock
and Oh not just any rock —
it’s a rock the size and shape
of a giant brain tumour,
brown and cut apart at the edges —
it doesn’t scare Me anymore
I listen to the waves instead
at My Right —
the rock is to My Left and I will go
away from it
as quietly
as I came upon it
The Hawk Deck 9:30am
He stood in His Pyjamas
in the early morning sun
gazing out, forward
across The West Side
of Shelburne Harbour
across the serene dockage
of My Mother’s Boat
at mooring
He took it all in:
He took in The Wild Flowers
The Rocks of the shoreline
He took in The Light
on the water
He took in The Air
and The Warmth
The Buzz of One Fly
and grinned
The Hawk Window Seat 5:30am
I woke from The Hawk Queen Bed
to see The Full Moon resting
over The Cape
and on the other side
of The Earth
the pink glow of promise
that soon I would see
My Beloved Sun
edge Its way to the surface
The Hawk Deck 7:19am
EYE have been held in a trance
by The Birds, The Rooster
Their Song on The Air
The Silver on The Sea
and My Successful Adjustment
to the sleepless effect
of going off My anti-psychotic medication
four days ago
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 6:20am
I Love The Sun
filling My Kitchen
accompanying the coffee pot
bringing the bird song in
through the screened
outpost window
& filling My Life
The Hawk Corner Room 5:45am
I watched The Sun Rise
first a golden glimmer —
then it popped up
rising faster
than it seemed to go down last night
–
I am off the anti-psychotic medication
I took to sleep for twenty-odd years
& am waking earlier
but feeling
great
The East Side of The Hawk House 10:56am
EYE have heard The Call
of The Brown-headed Cow Bird
perched upon M(EYE) car mirror
He is the very essence
of falling droplets
and His Liquid Melody
plop plop
excuses His Actions!!
The Hawk Portico 6:11am
The tail ends
of a Magnificent Double Rainbow
grace The Cape
at the crack of dawn
this morning
I saw It in Its Full Glory
at 5:44am
& texted all My Friends
The Hawk Exercise Room Window 10:47am
Today before My Row
I opened the Hawk Exercise Room Window
finding two galactic
Spider Hatchings
— gold They are —
I am with Them
after My Row
One on the outside of the little screen
One on the inside
Joanna Gilman Hyde 