rohatsu

as the morning star appears 
see earth at your knee
green blades lit by dawn
serpent slithers and belongs
brow and jaw still as the mountain
half lids of stone
heart a hummingbird suspended 
at the petals of birth and death 

growing this from the pond
to pluck and pass intangible 
a birthright, but no less a miracle
illumine all and always
thank you for the refuge