Hibernation

Hibernation

The earth, warm, breaks beneath my body
Crumbles and clings in the creases
Of my palms.
He wakes, the dust
Like snowflakes on eyelashes.
Come out of hibernation, love
Uncoil, unfurl the flag of us
The red-rock-desert-you-and-I:
Lizards between stones.

This is an elemental morning
Of wheat and worn faces
Of sun, cold stars,
And slowly-rousing spirits.
Come out of hibernation, love
I stretch my fingers to
His glowing skin.
The earth (so warm) breaks
Beneath my body.