lizard

Keen-sensed and agile

sun-worshiper

of the rocky deserts,

patient dweller

of glittering sands

gliding across stone.

For green in luscious shades

awaits you in your dimensions,

where the gnats’ dance

thrills as much as the spider’s flight.

Sit, until time has stopped

in the minor keys of your eyes

looking with flashes of gold

at the world’s heave and fall.

Scale impossible walls

on the scent of moisture;

then feel your way back

to a cove by the waterfall

and when in darkness, gorge

on the rhythm of minute sounds,

as a conductor waiting

for the orchestra to begin

slows down into patience.

Let your infallible senses carry you

through singing earth,

through murmuring waterholes

of uninterrupted music.