Orange Timid Moon
(Over Copan Ruins)
Over
the Copan Sky
an arch of shadows
Weave
their webs
with low-lights,
As
the moon rises
orange and timid—
As
one more night
passes by…
By
the shadows
of the Maya gods
De
antique Copan!...
Note: Poem No: 628. Written while surrounded by Copan’s carved
archaeological stonework, and under the Copan Ruin skies, in Honduras, April
22, 2005; revised at the Holiday Inn, on the 26th of April, 2005,
San Pedro Sula (Honduras)
