SOLITUDE AT DAWN
(for Goran Sonnevi)

Before blackbirds
spy you writing
in a corner deck
shadows and wings
enlighten your sleep
with the sparkle
of the sea's landscape's
forgetfulness no longer
covers the nest's burial
or a gesture of words
no longer shivers
in the snow's transformation
but a morning of reason
is dispersed by a breeze,
your first fire glows
in the earth's center
survives war's abyss
with words of a peace sign
over your many colored coat.