A rice paper poem

A rice paper poem
A rice paper poem

sky god dips his brush ever so lightly
into silky clouds, floating softly down
wispy watercolor washes of China gray.
mountain goddess swirls her hair of black
dancing on scrolls and scrolls of rice paper poems
inside my head, such inscrutable calligraphy.

Baguio City
July 24, 2010
(with revisions October 26, 2013)