Earthrise

A stream of memory reflects only faces that lean close,
warped and strange, changing with passing ripples
transposed over stones.
Beneath dirt-grass earth, an ancient cat grins in deepest sleep,
certain this is the border to elsewhere.
In winter, the cat slept on snow.
Stillness seizes the canopy in leaning beams of sunlight,
while butterflies test the reality of heat shimmering above the grass,
worshipping footprints of the unknown.