The Savage Cauldron



Unbending cypress pines
embrace the stony shore
cling to fragile mountain sides
in awe of tide's immeasurable force
safe distance from ocean's touch
yet, tribal roots caught deep in clay
long for home to be with sea

Like a promise in the face of love
amber's honey swells to seep
through gnarled old weathered trunks
seducing tiny dragon flies
alighting on the golden sap, to stick
trapped in sudden violence
transfixed for immortality
Apollo's tears vitrified
in winter's bitter mist
to end submerged
engulfed in tempest
fallen into ocean's breadth

Merlin's magical forest
a wilderness of burning stones
wait on time's unbidden plan
to weave it's work of wonder
amber's rare raw loveliness
cradled in a watery grave
sealed within a savage cauldron




Pamela Sidney 1999