ghazal ("dream's mirror")

You sound every note   if time is enough
you haul in the boat   if time is enough

you study each face dream's mirror reveals
you edit the quote   if time is enough

you hearken to song   pay court to old shrines
espy castle & moat   if time is enough

they toil & they play   make merry & sire
build dwellings & vote   if time is enough

return to the page   reviewing what phrase
fell destiny wrote   if time is enough

the dishes soon served   the flavors prove rare
there's cheese from the goat   if time is enough

in pilgrimage days   you journey by foot
strange thoughts in your tote   if time is enough

the easel wants hue   the landscape needs line
the dancer might float   if time is enough

real questions well framed   like lips fit to kiss
love's gestures connote   if time is enough

from bowl of the sky   where lavish or plain
scrape out the last groat   if time is enough

the line sung but once   were youthful in thought
grow old & emote   if time is enough

Ardeo's not done!   life's well-water gleams
his belly could bloat   if time is enough



for Brian & Shubha