<\/p>\n
Steeping in you,<\/p>\n
pungent leaves<\/p>\n
soaking to soft<\/p>\n
in the warm wet brew<\/p>\n
that melts out of us<\/p>\n
when we mix,<\/p>\n
I take you in<\/p>\n
watch, feel myself change<\/p>\n
you change<\/p>\n
slowly<\/p>\n
and not slowly,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
softer, softer,<\/p>\n
crusts dissolving,<\/p>\n
dances within dances.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The intricacy pleases me,<\/p>\n
intrigues me.<\/p>\n
We are only so slightly<\/p>\n
beginning.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Good to take time to breathe open<\/p>\n
the heavy rosewood doors<\/p>\n
that lie in the dark<\/p>\n
under years of silt,<\/p>\n
down in the watery depths<\/p>\n
where light is long forgotten<\/p>\n
and fish have no eyes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So much unknown and unknowable,<\/p>\n
but this I know for sure:<\/p>\n
you will be as surprised as me<\/p>\n
to see where this path is taking you<\/p>\n
me<\/p>\n
us.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Is there anything better<\/p>\n
than this trembling place of not knowing,<\/p>\n
waiting expectant<\/p>\n
to see what brew this will become,<\/p>\n
sitting quietly<\/p>\n
and not so quietly<\/p>\n
day after day<\/p>\n
on the shelf of the south window,<\/p>\n
welcoming the hot<\/p>\n
hot sun?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
Steeping in you,<\/p>\n
pungent leaves<\/p>\n
soaking to soft<\/p>\n
in the warm wet brew<\/p>\n
that melts out of us<\/p>\n
when we mix,<\/p>\n
I take you in<\/p>\n
watch, feel myself change<\/p>\n
you change<\/p>\n
slowly<\/p>\n
and not slowly,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
softer, softer,<\/p>\n
crusts dissolving,<\/p>\n
dances within dances.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The intricacy pleases me,<\/p>\n