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)