TheBanyanTree: three sisters

[Mike Pingleton]

sisters under the seasonless sun
shading the house with half-moon shutters
tower together in step to the west
arms entwined, pale limbs freckled
or bone white on high, down
at the sidewalk speckled.

turn me now each day down that lane
when the sun's fire wanes and falls
towards the western waters - small
wonder the piles of raiment shed -
the sisters aglow in the sunfall light.

sycamores under the seasonless sun
over the house with half-moon shutters
burning and beaming in naked glory
living together in step to the west.