we fools rush in
traversing the sward
trampling the pasture
missing the trees for the forest.
We miss the smalti
gold leaf hand cut
mounted on glass
covered with crystal hand blown
fused into pure reflection of light--
in pursuit of imagery
overlooking the art.
We simply don’t see
or taste as the case may be.
Moving from the luminous
to the ridiculous,
our nine-year-old smelling curry,
scurries through the kitchen
through clouds of coriander,
cumin and mustard
onion, garlic and oil.
Pinched nose,
breathing through her mouth,
she hurries from the house
into the yard
and the wider world
where the numinous is laid bare
in wildflowers and weeds.
BIOGRAPHY:
Lara Dolphin is an attorney, nurse, wife and mom of four amazing kids; she is exhausted and elated most of the time.