First Bat
The way the sun glissades
After you’ve spotted the first bat
Nudging the sunset shindig
Gloaming across these elysian fields
Shading the page of dusk.
Thoughts ~ Oh yes, some seeds of heeds.
When the fire-pit sparks and a log likely lunges
And perception naturalizes the keenness of such a mighty moment
For digressions into the deep.
How the red sky mixes with purple lace
Embroidering lavender streaks
Before the early black….
Wait-putting all grand regards aside,
Take that needle off the record~ Where are they?
It’s past time
For the little backyard mixer.
Said they’d be over
By first bat?
Kim Hazelwood is the founder and poetry editor of The Green Silk Journal online since 2005. Publications: The Way You Just Shine (2021) and CoyoteBat! (2011,2021), a children’s book. Currently she is crafting a second book of poetry.