YEHUDA AMICHAI
(IN MEMORIAM)

Peace cannot hide you
second guessing
a random body of branches
blinded by an embrace
of the full moon
on nature's drawn initials
over a juniper tree
under lunar landscapes
announcing harbingers
of summer's night music
circling a ripened nature
you, Yehuda losing yourself
lost in nascent fields
of orange groves
branching into memory
making the sea open
for your friend of first fire
from an abandoned last light
leaning against a well
in the water hole desert
erasing your absence.