In Question
I am the woman
in the question
in the dream
that only dreams can answer
the promise
in the stem
before the bud
that only a rose remembers
the fragrance
of the jasmine
in the night
when darkness claims the flower.
I am the sun
that clouds encipher,
the star whose face
is cancelled;
only losing
rain and coming night
reveal my light.
I am the woman
in the question
in the dream.
~April 2017
Images by Odilon Redon, Public domain, manipulated:
The Breath which Leads All Beings is also in The Spheres (Le souffle qui conduit les êtres est aussi dans les sphères) 1882
Cup of Cognition~Child with Cup ( La Coupe du Devenir (L'Enfant a la Coupe)