The Hermitage

(for Ray)

 

There is a place
that knows
moon   sun   sea

where skies weave
tapestries with adachiite vigils
indicolite lauds
elbaite vespers

nard   balsam   myrrh
inebriate monks
(like drunks)

while   saxifrage   sage
and white meadowfoam
spice Pacific winds

and in that place
prophetic dreams
cross over

I dreamt dreams
of childhood    dreams
of chasing seven demons
into the cobalt sea

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Mona T. Lydon-Rochelle was born in Massachusetts and grew up in the coastal Northeast, the Philippines, and Washington, D.C. She is a writer, epidemiologist, and midwife and was a professor at the University of Washington and the University of College Cork, Ireland. Her poetry collections include On the Brink of the Sea, and Mourning Dove. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband.

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