for Ashley Garrett
Then the blue
flew through the stone
and heaven was on earth,
in earth, just the way
we always knew.
I think I can spot
the track of my fingers
a thousand years ago
right next to yours,
the marks, the marks
of how it all began.
- Robert Kelly, March 2022
Above: Ashley Garrett, Henbane, 2021, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
Included in the group show SHIMMER, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA on view April 1 - May 1, 2022