Dawn

I have kissed the summer dawnbefore the palacesnothing movedthe water lay dead.Battalions of shadowsstill kept the forest roadi walked, walking warmand vital breathwhile stones watchedand wings rose soundlessly....a clear pale light...a flower who told me its nameI came upon the goddessThen one by oneI lifted her veilsacross the meadowwhere I betrayed her to the cock.I hunted herAnd I hunted her!And smelled the scentof her immense body.Dawn and the child fell togetherat the bottom of the woodWhen I awoke, it was noon.Life was it really this?Life!