the first time I saw the doe-woman
she was standing alert between the trees
(between worlds).
It was as if with one eye
I saw brown fur
muscled haunches
and flicking ears
and with the other eye
brown hair pulled back
and a slender body beneath
bark colored tunic and
leaf green breeches.
her wide coal black eyes
were the same
however I looked at her.
A stick cracked behind me here
or somewhere else,
some plane above or below,
and I returned my gaze
only in time to see
a white tail flashing
over a fallen trunk
or was it a hand extended
thrown up to help propel the leap?
only the trees stared back
seeing me with how many eyes?
she was standing alert between the trees
(between worlds).
It was as if with one eye
I saw brown fur
muscled haunches
and flicking ears
and with the other eye
brown hair pulled back
and a slender body beneath
bark colored tunic and
leaf green breeches.
her wide coal black eyes
were the same
however I looked at her.
A stick cracked behind me here
or somewhere else,
some plane above or below,
and I returned my gaze
only in time to see
a white tail flashing
over a fallen trunk
or was it a hand extended
thrown up to help propel the leap?
only the trees stared back
seeing me with how many eyes?
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