I Read a Poem


I read a poem with expressions of love
  That smiled like kites in the blue, windy sky
  In beautiful designs which drew my eye
Up, over a hill, to the sun above

‘Til watching I needed my own hand’s shade:
  There were kites bright with tails of thin drawn length
  Slowly twisting in the spring breeze whose strength
Visibly sailed the miracles, hand-made.

Sky-held, hill high, a festival of joy,
  Tied to many hands and skills of ages,
  Children and parents, poets and sages,
With me part of the song – a man and boy.

  Wonderful memory of … the words fade.
  She is my beloved whom no art has made.