As an apple tree Or a young stag Is my lover. Finest and loveliest; Warrior and king. In the night I sought him On my bed I longed for him Until my desire roused me to walk the city But I found him not. In the watches of the night…
The ash had fallen round about the mountain and she waits Her remnants covered fields of green with black and dusty night. After her eruption came a quiet death, a state Of cold and distant solitude and some quaked at the sight. But come the morning light, the fire Has…
Life rolls steadily onward For the world outside While I am pinned beneath the waves Of sorrow and grief Emptiness and despair. They roll over me in a repeat of the same moment-- Mocking me as my body mocks me with the pangs of a labor that did not bring…
It's out of you whence flows my joy and fear In equal measure. Life is made of this. I'm seized with fear and gripped with joy in turn To know that you are mine and very near. Your heartbeat next to mine is like a kiss;…
No one said the same breeze blew for us Locked in trust Spreading rust With time-tempered glass around the door Old brick floors Beats in fours We become the echo in the night Turned out right Climb the flights Standing on the rooftop in the wind We have sinned But…
When peace like a river Becomes more like a stream And storms arrest my waking And rainfall floods my dreams I hold eternal summer Like a lighthouse in my soul To call me out of tempest seas Into peace complete and whole. postscript A very simple entry to close the…
The cold of winter holds my heart Though spring is close at hand, In fear that rips my world apart Though hope is in command. A tiny seed of hope has come And I have no control To make it grow or come undone But let it feed my soul…
I wish I had a heart that's after yours. I wish I was more patient, soft, and kind. I wish my spirit walked in step, forbore The harshest suffering with peace of mind. But the process is painstaking slow Than ever it has been in me so far.…