lei fraser

imagine.create.become

Category: Poetry

  • listen dear one… until the wavesare quiet against the stoney shorewhen words are wrapped tightly among themsilent sentinels, guarding waiting…moments pass, like wind through the treeseach not drawn againstthe bowing branchesearlier, i watched a bird explode into the airwhile another swam silently belowthe serene face of the lakeand gold flashed in the shallowsas the sun…

  • waves on the baymyriad rise and fallwith wind and sunlighteach wave a deep sighfrom belowto dance, to sing, to beone breath connects allwhile this me floats among themdense as the shale belowyet the wave’s gentle gesturebecomes its ownthe wind and sunbend to kiss the upturned facejust as sweetly as the wave itselfno shape remainsno arm,…

  • this gentle rain of emotionfalls sweetly over meholding out my hand to youalone again, i’ll never be this love carries me onmelts the hardest days awaywhen the tears won’t stop flowingthis love knows just what to say eyes like the morning sunriseshining still with dewi never knew i could be wholeuntil the day i met…

  • I life spills around mewater from an over-turned cupcarelessly, recklessly tossed to the groundi am running, i am runningforget what is lackingwhat is gonethe sun never shines twice on the same daydrink this light downcatch up with me lifewhile i dance in this orange glowtrailing this dark mantle behind melaughter falls like rainwisps of yesterdaymoments…

  • light like a sighspreads gently acrossthe mountain rangea breath that floatsand brushes against youbarely therelike standing in a galewind blows, clouds dancethen in stillnesswaves restblossoms unfoldin the morning ~

  • take this breathfrom my lips, windas you dancein this morning’sfirst lighteach turning leafof your complete caress,rose up to greet youand saw it was not alonewith this life of minedraw it up in your airy armsas the sun wanesand the shadows grow longin the last whisper of lightlet this stillnessresonatein my soul ~

  • let us go togetheralong the light of dayour souls will singwith each step we take it may rain along the way, I knowthe clouds may hide the suneach drop of rain a jewelto feed the seed of change we are the shifting breezesthat flow through the treesthe rose that blooms, unfoldingits petals to reach the…

  • silent eveningas wind embracesmajestic pinestones ceasetheir restlesscurrent journeywrapped in thisquiet blanketmoon reaches topull back thecloudy curtainin this subtle lightwhere the shadowsare almost imperceptiblesouls singand laughterbubbles upfrom the depthslight falls aroundlike tiny gemsrolling across the palmspiralling aroundto drop like rainwhen each one doesfrom its grassy resting placeeverything, the universeand beyondis reflected there ~

  • afternoon sunlightstreaming in the windowi am sitting beside youtrying to say goodbyebut i don’t want to leave youjust want to stayhold you close to meto keep you safeno matter where you arei have a place to wander fromit may not be your hand i can holdfor all time, for alwaysbut i know when the sun…

  • not only in the quietof the evening do mythoughts turn to youi rest with the setting sunsoothed by a cooling breezestill the days are greywhen you are goneand i am left with onlythe cats for company( the black one thinks toown the chair by the windownow and the other has decidedwhat space is left is…

  • A page turned with the windPaper from the book rustled then settledSoundlesslyMorning stole through the windowOver the fury of night’s contemplationNo glorious sunshineDanced and dripped gold over everythingTo soften every edge and hueInstead a cold unforgiving February dayStared while the sky struck at the frozen groundBending barren tree branches in an icy coatThe white glares…

  • waterlily whiteagainst my palmwhat dream do you hold for melittle one?while the willow sleepswith the resting windyou sit with meand hold me stillhow this flower unfolds is minealoneevery pure and velvet petalis minethe edge of the bloomrests against mewhile it all falls apartwhere it all falls aparti amdon’t let go of mepleaselet go let goit…