Newcomers in the River
A sapphire minnow traveling through the windows,
you eat the ladybugs on the sills of windows.
Our house submerged in lapis lazuli,
we see you, gemstone fish, within our windows.
Whenever we lie down and raise our feet,
you see the gaps between our toes as windows.
You see caliche on our soles and scowl,
viewing our messy feet as dirty windows.
The slivers of your tail within our skin
bleed us like shards from broken windows.
Why must you threaten us while we try to rest,
you pinprick ornament of drowning windows?
What we desire is unity of beauty,
both quartz and kindness joined throughout the windows.
We want the salmon to feel free to deck
their scales in opal on the sills of windows.
We do not want your scepter’s pointy edge.
Surrender, minnow, to the realm of windows!