Saturday, December 19, 2020

An Offering

She just wants

To be respected

For the profound passion she holds.

 

There is a lion inside,

Full of pride and innate serenity.

Sitting and waiting

Listening for the call

To stand up for reverence and truth.

 

Solar spirit brews.

Her fire sparks.

 

There has been pain and anger,

But the lioness is unrelenting.

She’s ready to fight for what is right.

 

Be still. Go in.

She’s fanning an internal flame.

 

She just wants

To create

A world of deep feelings and profound beauty.

 

There is a swan inside,

Full of grace and stubborn authenticity.

Traversing the deep,

Feeling for the call

To respond to saturated emotions.

 

Moonlit hope emanates.

Her waters sparkle.

 

There has been sadness and fear,

But the swan is releasing.

She’s preparing to speak for the suffering.

 

Be still. Go in.

She’s painting an offering of eternal love.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Jedidiah Piper

Thursday, February 27, 2020

River Tweed Bed

The train just passed and whispered your name as I lay in my river Tweed bed.
I keep wondering why you’re not here.
I see your smirk in the desk top mirror,
though I’m looking at my own reflection. I prefer your face.
Especially when it’s near mine.
I want to Velcro my parted lips to yours and not have to let go.
Shall we run away together someday?
Seize time and collect postcards from every place we feel those three overused words?

The triad bursts from my mouth like fireworks and I expect my tongue to burn.
But I just taste notes reminiscent of jasmine pearls.
I’m tea stained, soaking in your warm arpeggio of tears.
A shower of pelagic pleasure dissipates the fear that your embrace will one day disappear,
like dream-work condensation in a drought.

I’m blue tonight, though, because nothing seems enough.
I just want to hear you whisper my name as we float in a sea of tangled limbs.
Your hands in mine. My lost soul is seeking an unerring compass
to the path that bears to your deepest heart.
I am a flood of desire when it comes to you.
I often find romance hopeless, but I’m threading my lyrics of love to create for you a blanket.
It’s kind of ragged, but it will keep you warm.

When the train passes again I’ll be on it.
And when it sweetly sings your name I’ll hold my breath.
The tunnel will come and I’ll pray for a light at the end
That comes with dream drenched sleep.
The sight of your beautiful face.
Until then I’m in this beach house, listening to the crackling wind and Sufjan,
Curled up in my water woven words for you.
Let this love not unravel.

The rains are coming and that’s the time to breathe you in once again.
Upon the dark spring we'll lie in, together, until we float along Orion.
Those perennial three just may point us home.