MOUNT GRACE PRIORY
It was not a question of not having the language for it—
having two, in fact. The walking towards it,
& then the walking away. How that felt, all the green
gathering itself to the idea of green, lingering
right at the edge of the dark, what we call the dark.
And the languages, both of them, noticing that, envying
it. From their places at the beginning & at the end.
from The Opening Ritual (Tupelo, 2024)