What She Means When She Says God

i.

Cold 
damp air
freezes seeds of water
beside berries
that failed to fall
or be eaten.

    ii.

In the clear dark
I recall a deeply blue
dragonfly ascending.

    iii.

The spaces within us
dissolve.
The spaces beyond us
dissolve.

    iv.

White deer cluster
on the far side
of Presque Isle.

    v.

We create words—breeze,
zephyr, sirocco, gale to describe
our pleasure
and fear.

    vi.

Somewhere, a bell
or a bowl
humming.