Emma Eisner Foundations

Foundations

Caroline Zonis

Love is not reasonable It is not sensible or rational It is nothing like him, yet here he is Wandering through the lilac gardens that grew just outside his sturdy home of bare brick logic Traipsing behind auburn flames that keep him warm when the moon is high and the stars are reminding him of all the sleep he’s missing And of course he does retreat, eventually But he’s learning to keep close to her warm light And she’s quite taken with the idea of solid arms and men who seek to build foundations