Avila

One-hundred feet away from the wooden fortress

Past the headless flowers with ribbons at their seams

Right of the cobblestone path carved into light

By your ancestors



The rhine

The father



And in it, the reddest ruby shines

From under 10 feet of cold and restless muddy water



When held up to the sky, the reddest ruby shines

And all the stars you see through it

Will gasp in unison

The reddest ruby shines at night

With 10 feet of water



The rhine

The father

And the rhine