I first halted
on the riverbank
staring before and behind
at the myriad signs
sprung like grass blades
along the walks of life

I left behind a harbor
a sunny seashore
and people up and about
renting ships
to sail out mid waves rocks
clouds and seagulls

Then I met the stars
saw light on an earth limb
and made up my mind
to come to life

For several light-days
I made friends with gaudy fish
with pearly oysters
with the water gloss
plaited sun rays into a cane
and then hit the road

I looked right and left
people made houses woods words
at times they gathered together
to shelter some dream
kids ran inside the maze
runes danced on the cloth of the sky

by and by my life grew into a heart

So I took the road on my left
to the rainbow's home
to the love-tree
to the joy-of-life nest

where flowers grew as tall as love
fruit as large as hope
dreams as bright as light
you walked on silent shade
to my carver's shop
where I honed my words
cut in thought roots
golden with stardust

beyond sunshine there lay
a mountain and scary houses
my cane had stopped budding
so I said I'd take it for a glance
plaited out of moon beams

that's how my life was spent
under the schoring sun