Bewildered Orion \ Into The Deep

Nancy:  Walking in to the house on a dark night with no form ... and there, half-seen above, old Orion, equally lost.

Bewildered Orion

Where have your dogs gone, Hunter?

One step wrong, and one, and one,

and the dogs gone, and the familiar

landmarks  .  .  .  Orion, this is wilderness –

a light? – no, wait – no – fog –

in all corners of the night, fog.

This is not a night to be hunting

or wandering; Orion, how came you here

in the fog, alone?

Alan: Nagas, serpent- or dragon-deities in Buddhist mythology, inhabit the depths of the ocean, and of the mind.

Into The Deep

Somewhere below, the Nagas

are stirring.

I have been told by others

that they are armored in jewels,

in crystal.  I have not seen them.

They dwell in the 

deepest waters, far

beyond where the last light

reaches from above.

I am told they guard treasures,

yet may on occasion welcome us.

Therefore I dive,

being but one diver

in the ocean shared by all.