Phoenix

I feel the weight of your arm,

resting on my belly.

You are sound asleep.

Your breath comes in and goes

out

Like the ocean

Like laundry in a washing

machine.

You are my phoenix, waiting to

be reborn—

My sleeping dragon,

And I

Am your pile of ashes,

Your hoard of gold.

..

..

–from Keeping Records, © 2007 by Colette Mazunik.  ISBN: 978-0-557-21108-1

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