Leave your shadow here
On the long memory of rock
That you may number among
The friends of this planet
We are one
In summer woods
Overflowing with wings,
In the fires kindled
By orange lily struck
Against fern flint,
One with the music of wind
Played on icy birch bones,
And the promise pollen spells
Across the watery mirrors
Of our future.

"Sunapee Mandala" 1986
Emile Birch, sculptor
Cast Concrete, Clay and Granite: 10′ x 17′ x 13′
Sunapee State Park

08.14.18