Red Hawthorn Tree

She came to me as blood and fluid
 Tides and sleep
 I caught her eyes saucerwide
 As she turned into the sky
 She bit her lips
 And stared sullenly into the bleached silence
 Her fingernails slowly brushing
 The snow from her hair
 My flight from your face
 Must finally destroy me
 I had always hoped
 This world could be complete for me
 The earth around is fresh with rain
 The insect world is silent
 The red flower ascends
 The woman is a like a child
 I will open up the windows now
 And look down
 On the lapis lazuli swell
 That will sweep all of this away
 The red hawthorn tree
 Appears at my window