gentle lakeyour face has changedangry waves slap the shorestones shine in wet dressesthundering music of your soultouches mineno theory or formulacan be laid across youto define youeven the fish swimming withinhave no knowledge of youbut once outsidethe agony is played onthe broken heart, broken breathlamenting what once was ~

my heart is frankly scarletin the wake of the phoenixripe, raw, full to overflowingup and outward movingagainst this darkened skylike each stareach momenteach breathglowing brightlyall around meall of thislilting laughterextendingbeyondwithinat oncecentredopen wingsthis ismy life’sbeginningthis isme ~

as morning sun yawnsspreading its first lightshimmering dew dropssend the spider into flight along delicate homeward pathsa crystal webwhere few dare to roam prisms formed by midnight’s tearsdrying on the silver threadswhere the silent spider– treads ~

quietlaughterleaves rain on cloudless skieswinds play a symphonythrough the treeswhile i sit under a maplewith leaves of firei close my eyesand hear squirrelsdashing madly through the brushstoring away what they will soon forget…shadows dance as last sun spills around meand the day falls awayi look up and smile at the winking sunand raise my hand,…

pale light, like the blush of a roseslips quietly across the morning skyto thread itself through the branches of the oakit shapes the shadows, sprawling themout over the dew laden grassan unassuming dancethat reaches to catch my armdrawing me in step with ancient harmony as we go along the light of daylonger shadows play,and languid…

light falls through the windowlike water from a broken glassshadows slip across my bodyas i sit in this evening sundark shards cut throughwith slivers of golden lightwhile silence sits next to meflashing a sly and knowing smilewaiting for me to move awayto fall into the shadowsor dance in the lightto leave the roomand not find…

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 ~