Understanding the beginning to
end
then this in-between
I've seen
where nets met light, earth
Say women gave birth
to mending,
to sending messages
in fish and clay
when woven meant
receiving thoughts
sent by shuttle, awl and stylus
when fire consecrated words on urns and plates
or foraging sticks
struck by lightening
turned branches into thoughts
acacia
boddhi
oak
ash
gave tongue lashings
grew needy
whining pines
seeded
shopping lists in hollow balls
from the first,
writing, reading
was as round as
beginning to end
