You
tireless feet,
You
restless heart,
You
ageless bones
You
relentless spirit
scouring the known world
skimming a map riddled with legends
riddled with miraculous myths
You
persist, enduring
Now your fingers reach the minefields
of my hopes. traversing fields of dust-
the desert of my dreams
You
tap on
the land of my sullen back
tap on
the starving soul beneath it
tap on
the me I refuse to see
Me,
sleeping feet
Me
clamoring heart,
Me
shivering bones
Me
waking
to your tapping
tapping
tapping
me until
my feet awaken
and stomp to your rhythm
my heart opens outward
as your arms and palms display
and my bones realign and follow
your sturdy centered form-
You, my new light
Me, your new shadow
We look, mirrorlike,
into ourselves and find
our eyes, they share a vision-
as you see your fitting end in me,
I find a new beginning in you
Come, let us meet-
here in the infinity of now.
***
For a teacher
