A handmade ceramic fountain planted with desert flora
each in its tiny eloquent identity succulent greens
blush oranges hints of orpiment yellow
at its height a multi-fingered upthrust
glorying in no more no lesser life
comforted me
after a night by thought besieged
and morning pain a boulder
blocking the rushing deathward flow
just be
what dwells within
whispered me
pool here in my depths