Incised in concrete
knife-edged shadow
frond a perfect
arrest of clarity
a palm frond arrow
from a declining sun
shadow and light
lust of epiphany
the illusion that walks
with me on concrete
invisible come-along
shadow and light
epiphany of the shadow
tangible as light palm shape
holds me timeless until
without thinking I pass by
an arrest of clarity held
and released by a declining
sun : step over the shadow
light vanishes a passerby
From Writing the Silences (University of California Press, 2010) by Richard O. Moore. Copyright © 2010 by the Regents of the University of California. Used with permission of University of California Press Books.