mother poem

i had a dream and i awoke with it
they threw a stone, you threw a stone
so lost
evidenced in the glimmer in your eyes
one by one, like leaves from a tree
if i were very sure
glass-blower of time
did you ever see an alligator
lived by the river-side
that year
long has the summer sunlight shone
my mother twines me roses wet with dew
with the sunset
i never knew the earth had so much gold