Is the double meaning the intention to be
Elusive or more precise? I watch as winter
Slips silently off the maple buds, and all the gray
Areas between seasons manifest in shades
Of sky. It will change, and you can’t make it stay.
So myself. At least I’m moving, too. At least
I’m never still. But I can make the change be,
Can’t I? Make the deeper blue summer air
Come faster in every breath, the need to make
A sound like the easy leafing maples,
A sound like stars, slow and many-pointed.
