In the Heart of Time
1. Time yields
2. and half-opens
3. its delicate depth. (Doors
4. that protect/shield/guard each other; that open onto each other;
marks,
5. traces of sea. An autumn of kindling and dead leaves. In its
bottom/base:
6. The translucent thickets of pleasure; its intimate ivies:
7. Gold:
8. Foliations of light: Fire that rakes root in the flowering metal,
9. and a fine moss,
10. incandescent.