Spiraling shapes fill Guatemala:
swirls and twirls
and twisted textures...

uncurling ferns
and the bougainvillea slipping over the
twisted barbed wire.

Paths wind down the mountain,
scrolled iron work emphasizes the windows, doors
fountains with water curving down in arcs...

Textiles mimic
natures unrolling progressions
and the sleepy *caracól.

Spirals incite patience,
take a little longer to transverse
and aren't readily noticed until

seen from up high:
An intricate pattern with centrifugal purpose
moving us slowly toward the center of things.

What's in the center of your spiral?




*snail