THE RIBBON OF TIME The evening wind has rustled leaves And sleeping poets rise to wishing stars They center the mind and roll up their sleeves Connecting the engine to caboose with cars Each car is a poem each poem long traveled The train rambles on and into the night Each heartache each passion the poet unraveled Through dark of the tunnel and into the light Wrenched from the fog of an old memory Torn from the tablets of time Fondled with love, as well they should be And tied with the ribbon of rhyme.