the touch of your heart

the touch of your heart
turns me
like a leaf to the sky

with a simple madness
of meltwater raging
through fingers of moss

over rocks
like a shepherd's flock
to the cool grass

my heart turning
like a slow glacier
splintering into salt spray

a red shirtsleeve
snapping
in the clear wind

a swallow
that lowers its wings
to the touch of your heart