“Zebras” for April 26, 2019

Zebras
 
I fashion zebras
however I can.
 
Each one is distinct,
printed with
 
patterns decreed
under her skin.
 
I know that the wild
herds in my mind
 
will not stampede
across this page.
 
They are fierce, free,
run where they will.
 
Each zebra is shy
of reins, contains

whole rainbows,
has no need of me,
 
but still I sing to each.
I summon them by
 
stroking black ink
on fields of blank
 
white. Maybe they
will turn, catch me
 
in nets cast by
their bold stripes.
 
Then, just
for a moment,
 
I can stand near,
breathe alongside.
 
Leslie Schultz
Photo: Leslie Schultz “Striped Shadow”
Photo: Leslie Schultz “Polar Zebra”
Photo: michael4wein (pixabay)
Photo: Felix Broennimann, polygon-designs (pixabay)

2 thoughts on ““Zebras” for April 26, 2019

  1. Zebras are my favorite wild animal, I think. I was so happy to see that sculpture near the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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