suddenly
among water-color clouds
the sun
looking at everything
looking at me
shimmers
i
laughing
suddenly
a love song among the seasons
i
sunlight is falling
falling with rain
we gaze out the window
watch the rain shining
we touch
lean into each other
sunlight rain shining
ii
among the branches
autumn fires begin again
we gaze out the window
fire rises
until we are wind among the branches
flaming
iii
snow is falling
slowly falling
we gaze out the window
wrapped in silence
we watch snow fall
falling the wind too is silent
iv
trees bloom white
bloom green
we gaze out the window
then
nothing but us
trees bloom white
bloom green
the wind sighs
a poem . . .
water
over
stones
mesquite
distilled like hard liquor
whose knots coil
and ever slowly
the spun gold sap
(this angel fire)
seeps slow tears
under a spearing thorn
Lou Ella Hickman
Sister Lou Ella has a master’s in theology from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and is a former teacher and librarian. She is a certified spiritual director as well as a poet and writer. Her poems have appeared in numerous magazines and four anthologies. Her first book of poetry entitled she: robed and wordless was published by Press 53 in 2015.