The Comet

1.

No one saw the white tail in the sky

ahead far brighter than when it had

been a thin lash like bend to the northwest

now it finally appeared like a comet dripping

a million diamond embers that flared briefly:

it left the sky full of white smoke it passed

over her a weaving shuttlecock and then

descended to the end of its blazing beam.

2.

The next thing she knew she was alone:

a white band that had stretched

across the sky was beginning to fade

it sounded like she heard a faint whispering

calling to her, begging her, but now

it was almost morning:  the moon was down

and the stars seemed tired she began to let

the faint whistling lead her into the mountain forests.