HERON POND
from Word Paintings by Patty Dickson Pieczka...available at Bookworm and Rosetta.

In a place so secluded
even stars are not allowed

silence drifts, the color of moss,
and cypress fall to their knees.

Steam rises like prayers
thwarted by branches.

I toss a pebble, releasing
a thousand-year-old dream.

Shores of swamp-lips
are kissed silver by the moon.