Prayer

Echo of the clocktower, footstep
In the alleyway, sweep
Of the wind sifting the leaves

Jeweller of the spiderweb, connoisseur
Of autumn's opulence, blade of lightning
Harvesting the sky

Keeper of the small gate, choreographer
Of entrances and exits, midnight
Whisper traveling the wires

Seducer, healer, deity or thief
I will see you soon enough—
In the shadow of the rainfall

In the brief violet darkening a sunset—
But until then I pray watch over him
As a mountain guards its covert ore

And the harsh falcon its flightless young